Blink Charging Co S-3ASR, filed Jan 6, 2021
Blink Charging Co. (BLNK)
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 6, 2021
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
BLINK CHARGING CO.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Nevada | 03-0608147 | |
| (State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(IRS.
Employer Identification Number) |
407 Lincoln Road, Suite 704
Miami Beach, Florida 33139-3024
(305) 521-0200
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Michael D. Farkas
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Blink Charging Co.
407 Lincoln Road, Suite 704
Miami Beach, Florida 33139-3024
(305) 521-0200
(Name,
address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies of all communications to:
Spencer G. Feldman, Esq.
Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP
1325 Avenue of the Americas, 15th Floor
New York, New York 10019
(212) 451-2300
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
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If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. [X]
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of each class of securities to be registered | Amount to be registered(1)(2)(3) | Proposed maximum offering price per unit(1)(2) | Proposed maximum aggregate offering price(1)(3) | Amount of registration fee(3) | ||||||||||||
| Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| Warrants | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| Rights | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| Units (4) | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| Total | — | — | — | — |
| (1) | There are being registered, pursuant to this Registration Statement, such indeterminate number of shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, and such indeterminate amount of warrants, rights and units as may be offered at various times and at indeterminate prices, pursuant to the prospectus contained in the Registration Statement. There are also being registered hereunder an indeterminate amount or number of shares of the securities as may be issuable upon conversion or exchange of preferred stock, warrants, rights or units or pursuant to anti-dilution provisions thereof. Separate consideration may or may not be received for securities that are issuable upon conversion of, or in exchange for, or upon exercise of, convertible or exchangeable securities. |
| (2) | Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the shares of common stock and preferred stock being registered hereunder include such indeterminate number of additional shares of common stock and preferred stock as may be offered with respect to the shares being registered hereunder as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions. |
| (3) | In accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r), the Registrant is deferring payment of all of the registration fee. Pursuant to Rule 415(a)(6) under the Securities Act, the securities registered pursuant to this Registration Statement include $80,000,000 of securities (the “Unsold Securities”) registered pursuant to Registration Statement No. 333-233580 filed by the Registrant on August 30, 2019 and declared effective on September 16, 2019 (the “Prior Registration Statement”), all of which remain unsold as of the date of filing of this Registration Statement. The Registrant previously paid $12,120 in connection with the Prior Registration Statement. The registration fee previously paid by the Registrant with respect to $80,000,000 of Unsold Securities will continue to apply to such Unsold Securities registered hereunder in accordance with Rule 415(a)(6) under the Securities Act. Pursuant to Rule 415(a)(6) under the Securities Act, the offering of the Unsold Securities under the Prior Registration Statement will be deemed terminated as of the date of effectiveness of this Registration Statement. |
| (4) | Each unit will represent an interest in other securities registered hereunder, which may or may not be separable from one another. |
| PROSPECTUS |
Blink Charging Co.
Common Stock Preferred Stock Warrants Rights Units
We may offer from time to time:
| ● | shares of our common stock, par value $0.001 per share; |
| ● | shares of our preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share; |
| ● | warrants to purchase any of the other securities that may be sold under this prospectus; |
| ● | rights to purchase any of the other securities that may be sold under this prospectus; and |
| ● | units comprised of the foregoing securities in any combination. |
In addition, certain selling stockholders may from time to time offer and sell shares of our common stock. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of shares of our common stock by selling stockholders, if any, pursuant to this prospectus.
We will provide specific terms of any offering, including the price of the securities to the public, in supplements to this prospectus. In any prospectus supplement relating to any sales by the selling stockholders, we will, among other things, identify the number of shares of our common stock that the selling stockholders will be selling. These securities may be offered separately or together in any combination and as separate series. You should read this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement and free writing prospectus carefully before you invest in our securities.
We or any selling stockholders may sell these securities on a continuous or delayed basis directly, through agents, dealers or underwriters as designated from time to time, or through a combination of these methods. For additional information on the methods of sale, you should refer to the section entitled “Plan of Distribution.” We reserve the sole right to accept, and together with any agents, dealers and underwriters, reserve the right to reject, in whole or in part, any proposed purchase of securities. If we or any selling stockholders use any agents, dealers or underwriters to sell the securities, we will name them and describe their compensation in the applicable prospectus supplement. The price to the public of those securities and the net proceeds we or any selling stockholders expect to receive from that sale will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. The prospectus supplement will also contain more specific information about the offering.
Our shares of common stock and warrants trade on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbols BLNK and BLNKW, respectively. On January 5, 2021, the closing prices of our common stock and warrants were $40.59 and $36.13, respectively. Each prospectus supplement will indicate if the securities offered thereby will be listed on any securities exchange or market.
Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 2 of this prospectus.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
The date of this prospectus is January 6, 2021
TABLE OF CONTENTS
In this prospectus, except as otherwise indicated, the words “Blink,” “Blink Charging” or the “Registrant” refer to Blink Charging Co. and the words “company,” “we,” “us,” “our” and “ours” refer to Blink Charging Co. together with its consolidated subsidiaries. In this prospectus, references to “common stock,” “preferred stock,” “warrants,” “rights” and “units” are to the common stock and preferred stock of Blink Charging, and warrants, rights or units issued by Blink Charging.
You should rely only on information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. Neither we, any selling stockholders, nor any underwriters have authorized any person to provide you with information that differs from what is contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. If any person does provide you with information that differs from what is contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, you should not rely on it. This prospectus is not an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities other than the securities to which it relates, or an offer or solicitation in any jurisdiction where offers or sales are not permitted. The information contained in this prospectus is accurate only as of the date of this prospectus, even though this prospectus may be delivered or shares may be sold under this prospectus on a later date. Our business, financial condition, results of operation and prospects may have changed since those dates.
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This prospectus is part of an automatic shelf registration statement that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) as a “well-known seasoned issuer” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), using a “shelf” registration process. Under the shelf registration process, we may from time to time, offer and sell to the public any or all of the securities in the registration statement in one or more offerings. In addition, under this shelf registration process, selling stockholders may from time to time sell shares of our common stock in one or more offerings.
This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities we and/or the selling stockholders may offer. Each time securities are offered, we will provide a prospectus supplement that will describe the specific amounts, prices, and terms of the securities we offer. The prospectus supplement will contain more specific information about the offering. The prospectus supplement also may add, update, or change information contained in this prospectus. This prospectus, together with applicable prospectus supplements, includes all material information relating to this offering. If there is any inconsistency between the information in this prospectus and the information in the accompanying prospectus supplement, you should rely on the information in the prospectus supplement. You should read this prospectus, any prospectus supplement and any free writing prospectus or other offering material that we authorize together with the additional information described under the heading “Where You Can Find More Information” and the documents incorporated by reference as described under “Incorporation of Documents By Reference” below.
We or certain selling stockholders may sell the securities to or through underwriters, dealers or agents, or directly to purchasers. We and our agents reserve the sole right to accept and to reject in whole or in part any proposed purchase of securities. A prospectus supplement, which we will provide each time securities are offered, will provide the names of any underwriters, dealers or agents involved in the sale of the securities, and any applicable fee, commission or discount arrangements with them.
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Overview of our Company
Blink Charging Co., through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, is a leading owner, operator and supplier of proprietary electric vehicle (“EV”) charging equipment and networked EV charging services. We serve both residential and commercial EV charging settings, enabling EV drivers to easily recharge at various location types. Our principal line of products and services is our Blink EV charging network (the “Blink Network”) and EV charging equipment, also known as electric vehicle supply equipment (“EVSE”), and EV-related services.
We are a leading owner and operator of EV charging stations in the United States. We are steadily growing the number of EV charging stations owned and operated by us. The deployment locations for EV charging stations under the Blink owned model are chosen based on our analysis of (i) areas where there is the greatest need for EV charging and (ii) areas where federal, state or local government grants or rebates are available for such deployments. The Blink owned model brings meaningful revenue to our company through the sale of electricity to our EV charging customers.
Our Blink Network is a proprietary cloud-based software that operates, maintains and tracks the Blink EV charging stations and their associated charging data. The Blink Network provides property owners, managers and parking companies (“Property Partners”) with cloud-based services that enable the remote monitoring and management of EV charging stations and payment processing, and provides EV drivers with vital station information including station location, availability and applicable fees. We offer our Property Partners a range of deployment business models for EV charging equipment and services that generally fall into one of the four business models below.
● In our comprehensive turnkey business model, we own and operate the EV charging equipment, undertake and manage the installation, maintenance and related services, and we retain substantially all of the EV charging revenue.
● In our hybrid business model, the Property Partner incurs the installation costs, while we provide the charging equipment. We operate and manage the EV charging station and provide connectivity of the charging station to the Blink Network. As a result, we share a greater portion of the EV charging revenue with the Property Partner than under the turnkey model above.
● In our host-owned business model, the Property Partner purchases, owns and manages the Blink EV charging station, and incurs the installation costs of the equipment, while we provide site recommendations, connectivity to the Blink Network and optional maintenance services, and the Property Partner retains substantially all of the EV charging revenue.
● In our Blink-as-a-service model, we own the charging station, while the Property Partner incurs the installation cost. We operate and manage the EV charging station and the Property Partner pays us a fixed monthly fee and keeps all the charging revenues less network connectivity and processing fees.
We are dedicated to slowing climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions caused by transportation. We have strategic partnerships across numerous transit/destination locations, including airports, auto dealers, healthcare/medical, hotels, mixed-use, municipal locations, multifamily residential and condos, parks and recreation areas, parking lots, religious institutions, restaurants, retailers, schools and universities, stadiums, supermarkets, transportation hubs and workplace locations.
As of September 30, 2020, we had deployed 15,716 charging stations, of which 6,944 were on the Blink Network (5,512 Level 2 commercial charging units, 101 DC Fast Charging EV chargers and 1,331 residential Level 2 Blink EV charging units), and the remainder were non-networked or on other networks (239 Level 2 commercial charging units, 8,333 residential Level 2 Blink EV charging stations and 200 charging stations acquired with our recent BlueLA acquisition).
Corporate Information
We were incorporated in Nevada in April 1998. Our principal executive offices are located at 407 Lincoln Road, Suite 704, Miami Beach, Florida 33139-3024, and our telephone number is (305) 521-0200. We maintain a website at www.BlinkCharging.com. We make our periodic and current reports that are filed with the SEC available, free of charge, on our website as soon as reasonably practicable after such material is electronically filed with, or furnished to, the SEC. Information contained on, or accessible through, our website is not a part of, and is not incorporated by reference into, this prospectus or any accompanying prospectus supplement.
Note on Covid-19
We continue to closely monitor the impact on our business of the current outbreak of a novel strain of coronavirus (“Covid-19”). We have taken precautions to ensure the safety of our employees, customers and business partners, while assuring business continuity and reliable service and support to our customers. We have experienced what we expect is a temporary reduction in the usage of our charging stations, which has resulted in a decrease in our charging service revenue. While we have not seen a significant adverse impact to our overall financial results from Covid-19, if the pandemic continues to cause significant negative impacts to economic conditions, our company’s results of operations, financial condition and liquidity could be adversely impacted.
Recent Developments
BlueLA Acquisition in California. In September 2020, in order to expand our market presence in California, we acquired through our wholly-owned subsidiary Blink Mobility, LLC all of the ownership interests of BlueLA Carsharing, LLC (“BlueLA”), the City of Los Angeles’ contractor for its EV carsharing services program, from Blue Systems USA, Inc. Pursuant to the terms of an Ownership Interest Purchase Agreement, we assumed control of BlueLA’s existing infrastructure throughout Los Angeles of EV charging stations, which we have since upgraded to our own IQ 200 charging stations.
U-Go Charging Acquisition and DCFC Portfolio. In November 2020, we acquired the EV charging operator U-Go Stations, Inc. and its portfolio of 44 DCFC (direct-current fast charger) charging locations. The purchase also included multiple grants awarded to U-Go for the deployment of up to an additional 45 new charging stations. The charging stations are located primarily at hotels, gas stations and auto dealerships, expanding our DCFC footprint across ten states including Michigan, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Vermont. The consideration under the terms of the acquisition agreement to U-Go’s stockholders consisted of the issuance of shares of our common stock at closing, a future cash payment based on the fulfillment of pending projects post-closing and the assumption of scheduled liabilities.
Warrant Exercise Claim. A warrant to purchase up to 147,058 shares of our common stock at $4.25 per share, subject to adjustment (the “Warrant”), was issued to JMJ Financial in early 2018. Over the prior 18 months, we had engaged in multiple financing transactions with JMJ Financial involving instruments convertible into common shares. JMJ Financial is currently the subject of an SEC enforcement action pending in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The SEC’s complaint charges JMJ Financial with violating the registration provisions of Section 15(a)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, alleging that JMJ Financial was an unregistered and illegal broker-dealer from January 2015 through January 2018. The SEC seeks a permanent injunction, disgorgement of ill-gotten gains plus prejudgment interest, a civil penalty, and a penny stock bar. In late November 2020, JMJ Financial attempted to exercise the Warrant on a cashless basis, claiming the right to receive 126,148 shares. We declined to honor the exercise of the Warrant pending a determination of JMJ Financial’s alleged illegal conduct. JMJ Financial has filed a lawsuit against us in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York seeking monetary damages estimated at $4.2 million or alternatively to compel delivery of the shares. We intend to vigorously defend the claims.
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Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. The prospectus supplement applicable to each offering of our securities will contain a discussion of the risks applicable to an investment in our securities. Prior to making a decision about investing in our securities, you should carefully consider the specific factors discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” in the applicable prospectus supplement, together with all of the other information contained or incorporated by reference in the prospectus supplement or appearing or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. You should also consider the risks, uncertainties and assumptions described below and discussed under Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 and Part II, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2020, June 30, 2020 and September 30, 2020, which are incorporated herein by reference, and may be amended, supplemented or superseded from time to time by other reports we file with the SEC in the future and any prospectus supplement related to a particular offering.
Risks Related to Our Securities
There may be no established trading market for some of our securities offered, and this could make selling such securities difficult and also impact the price of such securities.
There may be no established trading market for some of our securities offered by this prospectus. For example, some of our securities may not be listed on any securities exchange or included in any automated quotation system. We cannot assure you that an active trading market for such securities will develop or, if such market develops, that you will be able to sell such securities. If a trading market does not develop or is not maintained, holders of the securities may experience difficulty in reselling, or an inability to sell, such securities. As a result, the liquidity of such securities may be limited and, under certain circumstances, nonexistent. If a market does develop, any such market may be discontinued at any time.
The liquidity of, pricing of, and trading market for, our securities may be adversely affected by, among other things, changes in the overall markets for debt and equity securities, changes in our financial performance and prospects, the prospects in general for companies in our industry, the number of holders of the various securities, the interest of securities dealers in making a market in our securities, adverse credit rating actions and prevailing interest rates.
Net proceeds from the sale of our securities may not result in an increase in investment value.
Our management will have considerable discretion in the application of the net proceeds from offerings pursuant to this prospectus. For example, the net proceeds from an offering of our securities may be used for general corporate purposes. Under such circumstances, you may not have the opportunity, as part of your investment decision, to evaluate the economic, financial, or other information on which we base our decisions on how to use the proceeds, or to assess how the proceeds will be used.
SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, provide a “safe harbor” for forward-looking statements to encourage companies to provide prospective information about their companies. Some of the statements in this document and any documents incorporated by reference constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 21E of the Exchange Act. These statements relate to future events or our future financial performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our businesses or our industries’ actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by any forward-looking statements.
Such statements include statements about (i) the scope, duration and ultimate impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, (ii) delays in product development and deployment, (iii) market acceptance of our EV charging products and related services, (iv) technological change in the EV charging equipment industry, (v) competition in EV markets generally in the United States and abroad, (vi) results and costs associated with governmental investigations and litigation, (vii) intellectual property issues, and (viii) other aspects of our business identified in this prospectus, as well as other reports that we file from time to time with the SEC. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “could,” “would,” “should,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “tends,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “project” or “continue” or the negative of those terms or other comparable terminology. These statements are only predictions. Actual events or results may differ materially because of market conditions in our industries or other factors that are in some cases beyond our control. All of the forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties.
The forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this prospectus or the date of the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus, as the case may be, and except as required by law, we do not undertake, and specifically decline, any obligation to update any of these statements or to publicly announce the results of any revisions to these statements to reflect future events or developments. Various factors, including but not limited to the risk factors described in the “Risk Factors” section of this prospectus and elsewhere herein, could cause actual results to differ from those implied by the forward-looking statements. Given these risks and uncertainties, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.
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Unless otherwise indicated in any applicable prospectus supplement, the net proceeds from any sale of securities by us will be used to supplement our operating cash flows to fund EV charging station deployment and to finance the costs of acquiring or investing in competitive and complementary businesses, products and technologies as a part of our growth strategy. We currently have no commitments or agreements with respect to any such acquisitions or investments. We also plan to utilize a smaller portion of the proceeds from any sale of securities by us to repay or reduce certain of our outstanding indebtedness and use any remaining proceeds we receive for working capital and other corporate purposes. If we decide to use the net proceeds from a particular offering of securities for a specific purpose other than as set forth above, we will describe that in the related prospectus supplement.
We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of shares of our common stock by selling stockholders, if any, pursuant to this prospectus.
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General Description of Securities That We May Sell
We may offer and sell, at any time and from time to time:
| ● | shares of our common stock, par value $0.001 per share; |
| ● | shares of our preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share; |
| ● | warrants to purchase any of the other securities that may be sold under this prospectus; |
| ● | rights to purchase any of the other securities that may be sold under this prospectus; and |
| ● | units comprised of the foregoing securities in any combination. |
In addition, the selling stockholders may sell shares of our common stock from time to time in one or more offerings.
The terms of any securities offered will be determined at the time of sale. When particular securities are offered, a supplement to this prospectus will be filed with the SEC, which will describe the terms of the offering and sale of the offered securities.
Description of COMMON STOCK AND PREFERRED Stock AND CERTAIN OTHER
OUTSTANDING SECURITIES
The following is a summary of the rights and preferences of our common stock and preferred stock and certain other outstanding securities convertible or exercisable into our common stock. While we believe that the following description covers the material terms of our capital stock and other securities, the description may not contain all of the information that is important to you and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by our articles of incorporation, bylaws and the other agreements and instruments described below, which are included as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, and by the provisions of applicable Nevada corporate law. We encourage you to read carefully this entire prospectus, our articles of incorporation, bylaws and the other agreements and instruments described below for a more complete understanding of our capital stock.
General
Our authorized capital stock consists of 500,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and 40,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share. As of December 31, 2020, 35,950,025 shares of common stock were issued and outstanding and no shares of preferred stock were issued or outstanding.
In addition, as of December 31, 2020, there were an aggregate of 3,893,223 shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding warrants and 620,838 shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding stock options.
Common Stock
Dividend Rights. Subject to preferences that may apply to any shares of preferred stock outstanding at the time, the holders of our common stock may, pursuant to Article VI of our bylaws, receive dividends out of funds legally available if our board, in its discretion, determines to issue dividends and then only at the times and in the amounts that our board may determine. We have not paid any dividends on our common stock and do not contemplate doing so in the foreseeable future.
Voting Rights. In accordance with Nevada Revised Statutes Section 78.350, holders of our common stock are entitled to one vote for each share held on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders. We have not provided for cumulative voting for the election of directors in our articles of incorporation.
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No Preemptive or Similar Rights. In accordance with Nevada Revised Statutes Section 78.267, our common stock is not entitled to preemptive rights and is not subject to conversion, redemption or sinking fund provisions.
Right to Receive Liquidation Distribution. In accordance with Nevada Revised Statutes Sections 78.565 to 78.620, if we become subject to a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up, the assets legally available for distribution to our stockholders would be distributable among the holders of our common stock and our participating preferred stock outstanding at that time, subject to prior satisfaction of all outstanding debt and liabilities and the preferential rights and payment of liquidation preferences on any outstanding shares of preferred stock.
Fully Paid and Non-Assessable. In accordance with NRS Sections 78.195 and 78.211 and the assessment of our board, all of the outstanding shares of our common stock are, and the shares of our common stock to be issued pursuant to this offering will be, fully paid and nonassessable.
Nasdaq Capital Market. Our shares of common stock trade on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol BLNK.
Transfer Agent and Registrar. The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is Worldwide Stock Transfer, LLC, Hackensack, New Jersey.
Preferred Stock
We are authorized to issue 40,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share. Pursuant to our articles of incorporation, our board is authorized to authorize and issue preferred stock and to fix the designations, preferences and rights of the preferred stock pursuant to a board resolution. Our board may designate the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions of the preferred stock, including dividend rights, conversion rights, voting rights, redemption rights, liquidation preference, sinking fund terms and the number of shares constituting any series or the designation of any series.
The issuance of preferred stock could have the effect of restricting dividends on our common stock, diluting the voting power of our common stock, impairing the liquidation rights of our common stock, or delaying, deterring or preventing a change in control. Such issuance could have the effect of decreasing the market price of our common stock. We will describe the particular terms of any preferred stock in more detail in the applicable prospectus supplement.
2018 IPO Warrants
In February 2018, we issued publicly-traded warrants to purchase an aggregate of 8,706,000 shares of our common stock as part of a unit sold in our initial public offering. As of December 31, 2020, publicly-traded warrants to purchase 2,805,081 shares of common stock were outstanding, having the following terms and provisions:
Exercisability. The warrants are exercisable at any time after their original issuance and at any time up to the date that is five years after their original issuance. The warrants will be exercisable, at the option of each holder, in whole or in part by delivering to us a duly executed exercise notice and, at any time a registration statement registering the issuance of the shares of common stock underlying the warrants under the Securities Act is effective and available for the issuance of such shares, or an exemption from registration under the Securities Act is available for the issuance of such shares, by payment in full in immediately available funds for the number of shares of common stock purchased upon such exercise. If a registration statement registering the issuance of the shares of common stock underlying the warrants under the Securities Act is not effective or available and an exemption from registration under the Securities Act is not available for the issuance of such shares, the holder may, in its sole discretion, elect to exercise the warrant through a cashless exercise, in which case the holder would receive upon such exercise the net number of shares of common stock determined according to the formula set forth in the warrant. No fractional shares of common stock will be issued in connection with the exercise of a warrant. In lieu of fractional shares, we will pay the holder an amount in cash equal to the fractional amount multiplied by the exercise price.
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Exercise Limitation. A holder will not have the right to exercise any portion of the warrant if the holder (together with its affiliates) would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% of the number of shares of our common stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the exercise, as such percentage ownership is determined in accordance with the terms of the warrants. However, any holder may increase or decrease such percentage to any other percentage not in excess of 9.99%, provided that any increase in such percentage shall not be effective until 61 days following notice from the holder to us.
Exercise Price. The exercise price per whole share of common stock purchasable upon exercise of the warrants is $4.25 per share. The exercise price is subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of certain stock dividends and distributions, stock splits, stock combinations, reclassifications or similar events affecting our common stock and also upon any distributions of assets, including cash, stock or other property to our stockholders.
Transferability. Subject to applicable laws, the warrants may be offered for sale, sold, transferred or assigned without our consent.
Exchange Listing. Our warrants trade on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “BLNKW.”
Warrant Agent. The warrants were issued in registered form under a warrant agency agreement between Worldwide Stock Transfer, LLC, as warrant agent, and us.
Fundamental Transactions. In the event of a fundamental transaction, as described in the warrants and generally including any reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification of our common stock, the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of our properties or assets, our consolidation or merger with or into another person, the acquisition of more than 50% of our outstanding common stock, or any person or group becoming the beneficial owner of 50% of the voting power represented by our outstanding common stock, the holders of the warrants will be entitled to receive upon exercise of the warrants the kind and amount of securities, cash or other property that the holders would have received had they exercised the warrants immediately prior to such fundamental transaction.
Rights as a Stockholder. Except as otherwise provided in the warrants or by virtue of such holder’s ownership of shares of our common stock, the holder of a warrant does not have the rights or privileges of a holder of our common stock, including any voting rights, until the holder exercises the warrant.
Governing Law. The warrants and the warrant agency agreement are governed by New York law.
As December 31, 2020, private warrants to purchase 1,088,142 shares of common stock were outstanding. These warrants have substantially similar terms and provisions as the public warrants described above, but are not traded.
Anti-Takeover Effects of Nevada Law and Our Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws
Provisions of the Nevada Revised Statutes and our articles of incorporation and bylaws could make it more difficult to acquire us by means of a tender offer, a proxy contest or otherwise, or to remove incumbent officers and directors. These provisions, summarized below, would be expected to discourage certain types of takeover practices and takeover bids our board may consider inadequate and to encourage persons seeking to acquire control of us to first negotiate with us. We believe that the benefits of increased protection of our ability to negotiate with the proponent of an unfriendly or unsolicited proposal to acquire or restructure us will outweigh the disadvantages of discouraging takeover or acquisition proposals because, among other things, negotiation of these proposals could result in an improvement of their terms.
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Blank Check Preferred. Our articles of incorporation permit our board to issue preferred stock with voting, conversion and exchange rights that could negatively affect the voting power or other rights of our common stockholders. The issuance of our preferred stock could delay or prevent a change of control of our company.
Board Vacancies to be filled by Remaining Directors. Our bylaws provide that casual vacancies on the board may be filled by the remaining directors then in office.
Removal of Directors by Stockholders. Our bylaws and the Nevada Revised Statutes provide that directors may be removed with or without cause at any time by a vote of two-thirds of the stockholders entitled to vote thereon, at a special meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose.
Stockholder Action. Our bylaws provide that special meetings of the stockholders may be called by the board or such person or persons authorized by the board.
Amendments to our Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws. Under the Nevada Revised Statutes, our articles of incorporation may not be amended by stockholder action alone. Amendments to our articles of incorporation require a board resolution approved by the majority of the outstanding capital stock entitled to vote. Our bylaws may only be amended by a majority vote of the stockholders at any annual meeting or special meeting called for that purpose. Subject to the right of stockholders as described in the immediately preceding sentence, the board has the power to make, adopt, alter, amend and repeal, from time to time, our bylaws.
Nevada Anti-Takeover Statute. We may be subject to Nevada’s Combination with Interested Stockholders Statute (Nevada Revised Statutes Sections 78.411 to 78.444) which prohibits an “interested stockholder” from entering into a “combination” with the corporation, unless certain conditions are met. An “interested stockholder” is a person who, together with affiliates and associates, beneficially owns (or within the prior two years, did beneficially own) 10% or more of the corporation’s capital stock entitled to vote.
Limitations on Liability and Indemnification of Officers and Directors
The Nevada Revised Statutes limit or eliminate the personal liability of directors to corporations and their stockholders for monetary damages for breaches of directors’ fiduciary duties as directors. Our bylaws include provisions that require the company to indemnify our directors or officers against monetary damages for actions taken as a director or officer of our company. We are also expressly authorized to carry directors’ and officers’ insurance to protect our directors, officers, employees and agents for certain liabilities. Our articles of incorporation do not contain any limiting language regarding director immunity from liability.
The limitation of liability and indemnification provisions under Nevada Revised Statutes and in our articles of incorporation and bylaws may discourage stockholders from bringing a lawsuit against directors for breach of their fiduciary duties. These provisions may also have the effect of reducing the likelihood of derivative litigation against directors and officers, even though such an action, if successful, might otherwise benefit us and our stockholders. However, these provisions do not limit or eliminate our rights, or those of any stockholder, to seek non-monetary relief such as injunction or rescission in the event of a breach of a director’s fiduciary duties. Moreover, the provisions do not alter the liability of directors under the federal securities laws. In addition, your investment may be adversely affected to the extent that, in a class action or direct suit, we pay the costs of settlement and damage awards against directors and officers pursuant to these indemnification provisions.
Authorized but Unissued Shares
Our authorized but unissued shares of common stock and preferred stock will be available for future issuance without stockholder approval, except as may be required under the listing rules of any stock exchange on which our common stock is then listed. We may use additional shares for a variety of corporate purposes, including future public offerings to raise additional capital, corporate acquisitions and employee benefit plans. The existence of authorized but unissued shares of common stock and preferred stock could render more difficult or discourage an attempt to obtain control of us by means of a proxy contest, tender offer, merger or otherwise.
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The following description, together with the additional information we include in any applicable prospectus supplement, summarizes the material terms and provisions of the warrants that we may offer and sell under this prospectus and any related warrant agreements and warrant certificates. While the terms we have summarized below will apply generally to any warrants offered, we will describe the particular terms of any series of warrants in more detail in the applicable prospectus supplement, which may differ from the terms we describe below.
General
We may issue, and we may offer and sell, together with other securities or separately, warrants to purchase our common stock, preferred stock or other securities. Warrants may be issued directly to the purchasers of the warrants or under warrant agreements to be entered into between us and a bank or trust company, as warrant agent, all as set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. A warrant agent will act solely as our agent in connection with the warrants of the series being offered and will not assume any obligation or relationship of agency or trust for or with any holders or beneficial owners of warrants The prospectus supplement will describe, among other things, the following terms, where applicable, of warrants that we may offer:
| ● | the title of the warrants; | |
| ● | the designation, amount and terms of the securities for which the warrants are exercisable and the procedures and conditions relating to the exercise of such warrants; | |
| ● | the designation and terms of the other securities, if any, with which the warrants are to be issued and the number of warrants issued with each such security; | |
| ● | the price or prices at which the warrants will be issued and any terms for the adjustment of the price or prices; | |
| ● | the aggregate number of warrants; | |
| ● | any provisions for adjustment of the number or amount of securities receivable upon exercise of the warrants; | |
| ● | the price or prices at which the securities purchasable upon exercise of the warrants may be purchased, including provisions for adjustment of the exercise price of the warrant; | |
| ● | if applicable, the date on and after which the warrants and the securities purchasable upon exercise of the warrants will be separately transferable; | |
| ● | if applicable, a discussion of the material U.S. federal income tax considerations applicable to the exercise of the warrants; | |
| ● | any other terms of the warrants, including terms, procedures and limitations relating to the exchange and exercise of the warrants; | |
| ● | the date on which the right to exercise the warrants shall commence, and the date on which the right shall expire; and | |
| ● | the maximum or minimum number of warrants which may be exercised at any time. |
Before exercising their warrants, holders of warrants will not have any of the rights of holders of the securities purchasable upon such exercise, including the right to receive dividends, if any, or payments upon our liquidation, dissolution or winding up or to exercise voting rights, if any.
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Exercise of Warrants
Each warrant will entitle the holder thereof to purchase for cash the number of shares of common stock or preferred stock at the exercise price as will in each case be set forth in, or be determinable as set forth in, the applicable prospectus supplement. Warrants may be exercised at any time up to the close of business on the expiration date set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. After the close of business on the expiration date, unexercised warrants will become void.
Warrants may be exercised as set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement relating to the warrants offered thereby. Upon receipt of payment and the warrant certificate properly completed and duly executed at the corporate trust office of the warrant agent or any other office indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will, as soon as practicable, forward the purchased securities. If less than all of the warrants represented by the warrant certificate are exercised, a new warrant certificate will be issued for the remaining warrants.
Enforceability of Rights of Holders of Warrants
Each warrant agent will act solely as our agent under the applicable warrant agreement and will not assume any obligation or relationship of agency or trust with any holder of any warrant. A single bank or trust company may act as warrant agent for more than one issue of warrants. A warrant agent will have no duty or responsibility to initiate any proceedings at law or otherwise, or to make any demand upon us. Any holder of a warrant may, without the consent of the related warrant agent or the holder of any other warrant, enforce by appropriate legal action its right to exercise, and receive the securities purchasable upon exercise of, that holder’s warrants.
General
We may issue rights to our stockholders to purchase shares of our common stock, preferred stock or the other securities described in this prospectus. We may offer rights separately or together with one or more additional rights, common stock, preferred stock, warrants or any combination of those securities, as described in the applicable prospectus supplement. Each series of rights will be issued under a separate rights agreement to be entered into between us and a bank or trust company, as rights agent. The rights agent will act solely as our agent in connection with the certificates relating to the rights of the series of certificates and will not assume any obligation or relationship of agency or trust for or with any holders of rights certificates or beneficial owners of rights. The following description sets forth certain general terms and provisions of the rights to which any prospectus supplement may relate. The particular terms of the rights to which any prospectus supplement may relate and the extent, if any, to which the general provisions may apply to the rights so offered will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement. To the extent that any particular terms of the rights, rights agreement or rights certificates described in a prospectus supplement differ from any of the terms described below, then the terms described below will be deemed to have been superseded by that prospectus supplement. We encourage you to read the applicable rights agreement and rights certificate for additional information before you decide whether to purchase any of our rights.
We will provide in a prospectus supplement the following terms of the rights being issued:
| ● | the date of determining the stockholders entitled to the rights distribution; | |
| ● | the aggregate number of shares of common stock, preferred stock or other securities purchasable upon exercise of the rights; | |
| ● | the exercise price; | |
| ● | the aggregate number of rights issued; | |
| ● | whether the rights are transferrable and the date, if any, on and after which the rights may be separately transferred; | |
| ● | the date on which the right to exercise the rights will commence, and the date on which the right to exercise the rights will expire; | |
| ● | the method by which holders of rights will be entitled to exercise; |
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| ● | the conditions to the completion of the offering, if any; | |
| ● | the withdrawal, termination and cancellation rights, if any; | |
| ● | whether there are any backstop or standby purchaser or purchasers and the terms of their commitment, if any; | |
| ● | whether stockholders are entitled to oversubscription rights, if any; | |
| ● | any applicable material U.S. federal income tax considerations; and | |
| ● | any other terms of the rights, including terms, procedures and limitations relating to the distribution, exchange and exercise of the rights, as applicable. |
Each right will entitle the holder of rights to purchase for cash the principal amount of shares of common stock, preferred stock or other securities at the exercise price provided in the applicable prospectus supplement. Rights may be exercised at any time up to the close of business on the expiration date for the rights provided in the applicable prospectus supplement.
Holders may exercise rights as described in the applicable prospectus supplement. Upon receipt of payment and the rights certificate properly completed and duly executed at the corporate trust office of the rights agent or any other office indicated in the prospectus supplement, we will, as soon as practicable, forward the shares of common stock, preferred stock or other securities, as applicable, purchasable upon exercise of the rights. If less than all of the rights issued in any rights offering are exercised, we may offer any unsubscribed securities directly to persons other than stockholders, to or through agents, underwriters or dealers or through a combination of such methods, including pursuant to standby arrangements, as described in the applicable prospectus supplement.
Rights Agent
The rights agent for any rights we offer will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement.
DESCRIPTION OF UNITS
The following description, together with the additional information we include in any applicable prospectus supplement, summarizes the material terms and provisions of the units that we may offer under this prospectus. Units may be offered independently or together with common stock, preferred stock and/or warrants offered by any prospectus supplement, and may be attached to or separate from those securities.
While the terms we have summarized below will generally apply to any future units that we may offer under this prospectus, we will describe the particular terms of any series of units that we may offer in more detail in the applicable prospectus supplement. The terms of any units offered under a prospectus supplement may differ from the terms described below.
We will incorporate by reference into the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part the form of unit agreement, including a form of unit certificate that describes the terms of the series of units we are offering before the issuance of the related series of units. The following summaries of material provisions of the units and the unit agreements are subject to, and qualified in their entirety by reference to, all the provisions of the unit agreement applicable to a particular series of units. We urge you to read the applicable prospectus supplements related to the units that we sell under this prospectus, as well as the complete unit agreements that contain the terms of the units.
General
We may issue units consisting of common stock, preferred stock, warrants, rights or any combination thereof. Each unit will be issued so that the holder of the unit is also the holder of each security included in the unit. Thus, the holder of a unit will have the rights and obligations of a holder of each included security. The unit agreement under which a unit is issued may provide that the securities included in the unit may not be held or transferred separately, at any time, or at any time before a specified date.
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We will describe in the applicable prospectus supplement the terms of the series of units, including the following:
| ● | the designation and terms of the units and of the securities comprising the units, including whether and under what circumstances those securities may be held or transferred separately; | |
| ● | any provisions of the governing unit agreement that differ from those described below; and | |
| ● | any provisions for the issuance, payment, settlement, transfer, or exchange of the units or of the securities comprising the units. |
The provisions described in this section, as well as those described under “Description of Common Stock,” “Description of Preferred Stock,” “Description of Warrants” and “Description of Rights” will apply to each unit and to any common stock, preferred stock, warrant or right included in each unit, respectively.
Issuance in Series
We may issue units in such amounts and in such numerous distinct series as we determine.
Enforceability of Rights by Holders of Units
Each unit agent will act solely as our agent under the applicable unit agreement and will not assume any obligation or relationship of agency or trust with any holder of any unit. A single bank or trust company may act as unit agent for more than one series of units. A unit agent will have no duty or responsibility in case of any default by us under the applicable unit agreement or unit, including any duty or responsibility to initiate any proceedings at law or otherwise, or to make any demand upon us. Any holder of a unit, without the consent of the related unit agent or the holder of any other unit, may enforce by appropriate legal action its rights as holder under any security included in the unit.
Title
We, the unit agent, and any of their agents may treat the registered holder of any unit certificate as an absolute owner of the units evidenced by that certificate for any purposes and as the person entitled to exercise the rights attaching to the units so requested, despite any notice to the contrary.
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If the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part is used by selling stockholders for the resale of any shares of our common stock registered hereunder, information about such selling stockholders, their beneficial ownership of our securities and their relationship with us will be set forth in a prospectus supplement, in a post-effective amendment, or in filings we make with the SEC under the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference herein.
We or certain selling stockholders may sell the securities in and outside the United States through underwriters or dealers, directly to purchasers, including our affiliates, through agents, or through a combination of any of these methods. The prospectus supplement will include the following information:
| ● | the terms of the offering; | |
| ● | the names of any underwriters, dealers or agents; | |
| ● | the name or names of any managing underwriter or underwriters; | |
| ● | the purchase price of the securities; | |
| ● | the net proceeds from the sale of the securities; | |
| ● | any delayed delivery arrangements; | |
| ● | any underwriting discounts, commissions and other items constituting underwriters’ compensation; | |
| ● | any public offering price; | |
| ● | any discounts or concessions allowed or re-allowed or paid to dealers; | |
| ● | any commissions paid to agents; and | |
| ● | the terms of any arrangement entered into with any dealer or agent. |
Sales through Underwriters or Dealers
If underwriters are used in the sale of any of these securities, the underwriters will acquire the securities for their own account. The underwriters may resell the securities from time to time in one or more transactions, including negotiated transactions, at a fixed public offering price or at varying prices determined at the time of sale. Underwriters may offer securities to the public either through underwriting syndicates represented by one or more managing underwriters or directly by one or more firms acting as underwriters. Unless we or selling stockholders inform you otherwise in any prospectus supplement, the obligations of the underwriters to purchase the securities will be subject to certain conditions, and the underwriters will be obligated to purchase all the offered securities if they purchase any of them. The underwriters may change from time to time any public offering price and any discounts or concessions allowed or re-allowed or paid to dealers.
During and after an offering through underwriters, the underwriters may purchase and sell the securities in the open market. These transactions may include overallotment and stabilizing transactions and purchases to cover syndicate short positions created in connection with the offering. The underwriters may also impose a penalty bid, which means that selling concessions allowed to syndicate members or other broker-dealers for the offered securities sold for their account may be reclaimed by the syndicate if the offered securities are repurchased by the syndicate in stabilizing or covering transactions. These activities may stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the market price of the offered securities, which may be higher than the price that might otherwise prevail in the open market. If commenced, the underwriters may discontinue these activities at any time.
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If dealers are used in the sale of securities, we or the selling stockholders will sell the securities to them as principals. They may then resell those securities to the public at varying prices determined by the dealers at the time of resale. We or the selling stockholders will include in the prospectus supplement the names of the dealers and the terms of the transaction.
Direct Sales and Sales through Agents
We or the selling stockholders may sell the securities directly, and not through underwriters or agents. Securities may also be sold through agents designated from time to time. In the prospectus supplement, we or the selling stockholders will name any agent involved in the offer or sale of the offered securities, and we or the selling stockholders will describe any commissions payable to the agent. Unless we inform you otherwise in the prospectus supplement, any agent will agree to use its reasonable best efforts to solicit purchases for the period of its appointment.
We or the selling stockholders may sell the securities directly to institutional investors or others who may be deemed to be underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act, as amended, or the Securities Act, with respect to any sale of those securities. We or the selling stockholders will describe the terms of any such sales in the prospectus supplement.
Delayed Delivery Contracts
If we or the selling stockholders so indicate in the prospectus supplement, we or the selling stockholders may authorize agents, underwriters or dealers to solicit offers from certain types of institutions to purchase securities from us at the public offering price under delayed delivery contracts. These contracts would provide for payment and delivery on a specified date in the future. The contracts would be subject only to those conditions described in the prospectus supplement. The prospectus supplement will describe the commission payable for solicitation of those contracts.
General Information
We or the selling stockholders may have agreements with the agents, dealers and underwriters to indemnify them against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribute with respect to payments that the agents, dealers or underwriters may be required to make. Agents, dealers and underwriters may be customers of, engage in transactions with or perform services for, us in the ordinary course of their businesses.
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Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, the validity of the securities offered hereby will be passed upon for us by Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP, New York, New York. If the securities are distributed in an underwritten offering, certain legal matters will be passed upon for the underwriters by counsel identified in the applicable prospectus supplement.
The consolidated financial statements of Blink Charging Co. for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 incorporated by reference in this prospectus and elsewhere in the registration statement have been so incorporated by reference in reliance upon the report of Marcum LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing in giving said report.
Where You Can Find More Information
We are subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy these reports, proxy statements and other information at the SEC’s public reference facilities at 100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549. You can request copies of these documents by writing to the SEC and paying a fee for the copying cost. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for more information about the operation of the public reference facilities. SEC filings are also available at the SEC’s web site at http://www.sec.gov.
We have filed with the SEC a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to the offering of these securities. The registration statement, including the attached exhibits, contains additional relevant information about us and the securities. This prospectus does not contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement. You can obtain a copy of the registration statement, at prescribed rates, from the SEC at the address listed above.
The registration statement and the documents referred to below under “Incorporation by Reference” are also available on our Internet website www.BlinkCharging.com. We have not incorporated by reference into this prospectus the information on our website, and you should not consider it to be a part of this prospectus.
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Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference the information we file with it, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information we incorporate by reference is considered to be part of this prospectus, and information that we file later with the SEC will automatically update and supersede information contained in this prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement. We incorporate by reference the documents listed below and any future filings made by us with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (excluding any portions of any Form 8-K that are not deemed “filed” pursuant to the General Instructions of Form 8-K). The documents we are incorporating by reference are as follows:
| ● | Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 filed on April 2, 2020; | |
| ● | Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the periods ended March 31, 2020, filed on May 13, 2020, June 30, 2020, filed on August 13, 2020, and September 30, 2020, filed on November 13, 2020; | |
| ● | Current Reports on Form 8-K, but only to the extent that the information set forth therein is “filed” rather than “furnished” under the SEC’s rules, filed on January 10, 2020, February 11, 2020, March 13, 2020, March 24, 2020, March 30, 2020, April 17, 2020, April 20, 2020, September 17, 2020 (as amended by Form 8-K/A filed November 25, 2020), September 18, 2020, October 9, 2020, and November 24, 2020; | |
| ● | the description of our common stock contained in our registration statement on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on February 7, 2018 (File No. 001-38392), and any amendment or report filed with the SEC for the purpose of updating the description; and | |
| ● | the description of our common stock purchase warrants contained in our registration statement on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on February 7, 2018 (File No. 001-38392), and any amendment or report filed with the SEC for the purpose of updating the description. |
All documents filed pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date of this registration statement and prior to the termination of the offering, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents, provided, however, that the registrant is not incorporating any information furnished under either Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any current report on Form 8-K.
Any document, and any statement contained in a document, incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein, or in any other subsequently filed document that also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such document or statement. Any such document or statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this prospectus.
The documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus may be obtained from us without charge and will be provided to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom a prospectus is delivered. You may obtain a copy of the documents at no cost by submitting an oral or written request to:
Blink Charging Co.
407 Lincoln Road, Suite 704
Miami Beach, Florida 33139-3024
Attention: Mr. Michael P. Rama, Chief Financial Officer
(305) 521-0200
Additional information about us is available at our website located at www.BlinkCharging.com. Information contained on, or accessible through, our website is not a part of, and is not incorporated by reference into, this prospectus or any accompanying prospectus supplement.
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PART II
Information Not Required In Prospectus
Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution
The following is a statement of the estimated expenses, to be paid solely by the registrant, of the issuance and distribution of the securities being registered hereby (the selling stockholders will not be responsible for any such expenses):
| SEC registration fee | $ | (1 | ) | |
| Legal fees and expenses | (2 | ) | ||
| Accounting fees and expenses | (2 | ) | ||
| Printing fees and expenses | (2 | ) | ||
| Transfer agent fees and expenses | (2 | ) | ||
| Miscellaneous expenses | (2 | ) | ||
| Total expenses | $ | (2 | ) |
| (1) | Because the amount to be registered consists of an unspecified amount of the securities as may from time to time be offered at indeterminate prices, in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) under the Securities Act, the registrant is deferring payment of all of the SEC registration fee. Pursuant to Rule 415(a)(6) under the Securities Act, this registration statement includes $80,000,000 aggregate amount of Unsold Securities previously registered under the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-233580). The registration fee previously paid with respect to such Unsold Securities will continue to apply to such securities in accordance with Rule 415(a)(6) under the Securities Act. | |
| (2) | These fees are calculated based on the securities offered and the number of issuances and, accordingly, cannot be estimated at this time. |
Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Nevada Corporate Law
The Nevada Revised Statutes limit or eliminate the personal liability of directors to corporations and their stockholders for monetary damages for breaches of directors’ fiduciary duties as directors. Our bylaws include provisions that require the company to indemnify our directors or officers against monetary damages for actions taken as a director or officer of our company. We are also expressly authorized to carry directors’ and officers’ insurance to protect our directors, officers, employees and agents for certain liabilities. Our articles of incorporation do not contain any limiting language regarding director immunity from liability.
The limitation of liability and indemnification provisions under Nevada Revised Statutes and our bylaws may discourage stockholders from bringing a lawsuit against directors for breach of their fiduciary duties. These provisions may also have the effect of reducing the likelihood of derivative litigation against directors and officers, even though such an action, if successful, might otherwise benefit us and our stockholders. However, these provisions do not limit or eliminate our rights, or those of any stockholder, to seek non-monetary relief such as injunction or rescission in the event of a breach of a director’s fiduciary duties. Moreover, the provisions do not alter the liability of directors under the federal securities laws. In addition, your investment may be adversely affected to the extent that, in a class action or direct suit, we pay the costs of settlement and damage awards against directors and officers pursuant to these indemnification provisions.
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Indemnification Agreements
We have entered into separate indemnification agreements with our directors and executive officers, in addition to indemnification provided for in our bylaws. These agreements, among other things, provide for indemnification of our directors and executive officers for certain expenses, judgments, fines and settlement amounts, among others, incurred by such person in any action or proceeding arising out of such person’s services as a director or executive officer in any capacity. We believe that these provisions in our bylaws and indemnification agreements are necessary to attract and retain qualified persons as directors and executive officers.
The above description of the indemnification provisions of our bylaws and our indemnification agreements is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to these documents, each of which is incorporated by reference as an exhibit to this prospectus.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling our company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, we have been informed that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
Item 16. Exhibits.
| Exhibit Number | Description | |
| 1.1* | Form of Underwriting Agreement. | |
| 3.1 | Articles of Incorporation, as amended most recently on August 17, 2017.(1) | |
| 3.2 | Bylaws, as amended most recently on January 29, 2018.(1) | |
| 4.1 | Warrant Agency Agreement by and between Blink Charging Co. and Worldwide Stock Transfer, LLC and form of Warrant Certificate for Registered Offering.(2) | |
| 4.2 | Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant dated April 9, 2018.(3) | |
| 4.3* | Certificate of Designations for Preferred Stock | |
| 4.4* | Form of Common Stock Warrant Agreement | |
| 4.5* | Form of Rights Agreement | |
| 4.6* | Form of Unit Agreement and Unit Certificate | |
| 5.1** | Opinion of Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP. | |
| 23.1 | Consent of Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP (included in its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1). | |
| 23.2** | Consent of Marcum LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. | |
| 24.1 | Power of Attorney (included on signature page of the Registration Statement). |
| * | To the extent required, to be filed either by an amendment to the Registration Statement or as an exhibit to a report filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and incorporated herein by reference. |
| ** | Filed herewith. |
| (1) | Incorporated by reference from Form 10-K filed on April 17, 2018. |
| (2) | Incorporated by reference from Form 8-K filed on February 21, 2018. |
| (3) | Incorporated by reference from Form 8-K filed on April 19, 2018. |
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Item 17. Undertakings
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933.
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement.
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:
(i) If the Registrant is relying on Rule 430B:
(A) Each prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and
(B) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date; or
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(ii) If the Registrant is subject to Rule 430C, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.
If the warrants to be issued are to be offered to existing security holders of the registrant pursuant to warrants or rights and any securities not taken by security holders of the registrant are to be reoffered to the public, then the undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to supplement the prospectus, after the expiration of the subscription period, to set forth the results of the subscription offer, the transactions by the underwriters during the subscription period, the amount of unsubscribed securities to be purchased by the underwriters, and the terms of any subsequent reoffering thereof. If any public offering by the underwriters is to be made on terms differing from those set forth on the cover page of the prospectus, a post-effective amendment will be filed to set forth the terms of such offering.
That, for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities the undersigned Registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned Registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned Registrant;
(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned Registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant; and
(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned Registrant to the purchaser.
That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the provisions described in Item 15 above, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Miami Beach, Florida, on January 6, 2021.
| BLINK CHARGING CO. | ||
| By: | /s/ Michael D. Farkas | |
| Michael D. Farkas | ||
| Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer | ||
| By: | /s/ Michael P. Rama | |
| Michael P. Rama Chief Financial Officer | ||
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Michael D. Farkas and Michael P. Rama, and each or either of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and re-substitution for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments including pre- and post-effective amendments to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact or his substitute, each acting alone, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
| Signature | Title | Date | ||
| /s/ Michael D. Farkas | Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) | January 6, 2021 | ||
| Michael D. Farkas | ||||
| /s/ Michael P. Rama | Chief Financial Officer (principal financial and accounting officer) | January 6, 2021 | ||
| Michael P. Rama | ||||
| /s/ Louis R. Buffalino | Director | January 6, 2021 | ||
| Louis R. Buffalino | ||||
| /s/ Donald Engel | Director | January 6, 2021 | ||
| Donald Engel | ||||
| /s/ Jack Levine | Director | January 6, 2021 | ||
| Jack Levine | ||||
| /s/ Kenneth R. Marks | Director | January 6, 2021 | ||
| Kenneth R. Marks | ||||
| /s/ Ritsaart J.M. van Montfrans | Director | January 6, 2021 | ||
| Ritsaart J.M. van Montfrans |
Exhibit 5.1
OLSHAN FROME WOLOSKY LLP
1325 Avenue of the Americas, 15th Floor
New York, New York 10019
| January 6, 2021 |
Blink Charging Co.
407 Lincoln Road, Suite 704
Miami Beach, Florida 33139-3024
Re: Registration Statement on Form S-3
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as legal counsel to Blink Charging Co., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the registration statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”) being filed by the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), on the date hereof.
You have provided us with a draft of the Registration Statement in the form in which it will be filed with the Commission. The Registration Statement includes a base prospectus (the “Prospectus”), which provides that it will be supplemented in the future by one or more supplements to the Prospectus (each, a “Prospectus Supplement”). The Prospectus provides for the offering of the following securities: (i) shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”), (ii) shares of the Company’s preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Preferred Stock”), (iii) warrants to purchase any of the other Securities that may be sold under the Registration Statement (“Warrants”), (iv) rights to purchase any of the other Securities that may be sold under the Registration Statement (“Rights”), and (v) units comprised of the foregoing Securities in any combination (“Units”), and the Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Warrants, Rights and Units are collectively referred to as the “Securities.” The Securities may be offered and sold from time to time pursuant to Rule 415 promulgated under the Act, in amounts, at prices and on terms to be determined at the time of the offering thereof. The Securities may include shares of Common Stock held by Selling Stockholders.
We have made such legal and factual examinations and inquiries, including an examination of originals or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction of such documents, corporate records and instruments, as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for purposes of this opinion. In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to authentic original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies. As to facts material to the opinions, statements and assumptions expressed herein, we have, with your consent, relied upon oral or written statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company and others. We have not independently verified such factual matters.
In expressing our opinions below, we have assumed, with your consent, that:
(a) the Registration Statement (including any and all required post-effective amendments thereto) will have become effective under the Act and will comply with all applicable laws;
(b) the Registration Statement (including any and all required post-effective amendments thereto) will be effective under the Act and will comply with all applicable laws at the time the Securities are offered or sold as contemplated by the Registration Statement (including any and all required post-effective amendments thereto), the Prospectus and the applicable Prospectus Supplement(s);
(c) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement (including any and all required post-effective amendments thereto) will have been issued and remain in effect;
(d) a Prospectus Supplement describing the Securities offered thereby and the offering thereof and complying with all applicable laws will have been prepared and filed with the Commission;
(e) the Securities will be offered and sold in the form and with the terms set forth in the Registration Statement (including any and all required post-effective amendments thereto), the Prospectus and the applicable Prospectus Supplement(s) and the organizational documents of the Company;
(f) the Securities will be offered and sold in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws and in the manner stated in the Registration Statement (including any and all required post-effective amendments thereto), the Prospectus and the applicable Prospectus Supplement(s);
(g) the Company will have obtained any and all legally required consents, approvals, authorizations and other orders of the Commission and any and all other regulatory authorities and other third parties necessary to offer and sell the Securities being offered;
(h) the Securities offered and sold comply with all requirements and restrictions, if any, applicable to the Company, whether imposed by any court or governmental or regulatory body having jurisdiction over the Company;
(i) a definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement (each, a “Purchase Agreement”) with respect to any Securities offered and sold will have been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the Company and the other parties thereto;
(j) any Securities or other securities issuable upon conversion, exchange or exercise of any Security being offered and sold will be duly authorized, created and, if appropriate, reserved for issuance upon such conversion, exchange or exercise; and
(k) any Securities to be sold by Selling Stockholders are duly authorized, fully paid and nonassessable.
Our opinions expressed below are subject to the qualifications that we express no opinion as to the applicability of, compliance with or effect of: (i) any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, preference, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors generally; (ii) general principles of equity, whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law (including the possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief), concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, and the discretion of the court before which a proceeding is brought; or (iii) public policy considerations that may limit the rights of parties to obtain certain remedies.
We express no opinion as to (i) any provision to the extent it requires any party to indemnify any other person against loss in obtaining the currency due following a court judgment rendered in another currency, (ii) any provision providing for the indemnification of or contribution to a party with respect to a liability where such indemnification or contribution is contrary to public policy, (iii) any provision for liquidated damages, default interest, late charges, monetary penalties, prepayment or make-whole premiums or other economic remedies to the extent such provisions are deemed to constitute a penalty, (iv) consents to, or restrictions upon, governing law, jurisdiction, venue, arbitration, remedies or judicial relief, (v) any provision requiring the payment of attorneys’ fees, where such payment is contrary to law or public policy, (vi) any provision requiring the payment of interest on interest, (vii) the creation, validity, attachment, perfection, or priority of any lien or security interest, (viii) advance waivers of claims, defenses, rights granted by law, or notice, opportunity for hearing, evidentiary requirements, statutes of limitation, trial by jury or at law, or other procedural rights, (ix) waivers of broadly or vaguely stated rights, (x) provisions for exclusivity, election or cumulation of rights or remedies, (xi) provisions authorizing or validating conclusive or discretionary determinations, (xii) grants of setoff rights, (xiii) proxies, powers and trusts, (xiv) provisions prohibiting, restricting, or requiring consent to assignment or transfer of any right or property, (xv) provisions purporting to make a guarantor primarily liable rather than as a surety, (xvi) provisions purporting to waive modifications of any guaranteed obligation to the extent such modification constitutes a novation, (xvii) any provision to the extent it requires that a claim with respect to a security denominated in other than U.S. dollars (or a judgment in respect of such a claim) be converted into U.S. dollars at a rate of exchange at a particular date, to the extent applicable law otherwise provides, (xviii) compliance with any usury laws, (xix) the severability, if invalid, of provisions to the foregoing effect, (xx) the securities or “blue sky” laws of any state to the offer or sale of the Securities, and (xxi) the antifraud provisions of the securities or other laws of any jurisdiction.
We have also assumed, with your consent, that: (i) the Warrants and any related warrant agreement, the Rights and any related rights agreement and the Units and any related unit agreement (collectively, the “Documents”) will each be duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto; (ii) each of the Documents will constitute legally valid and binding obligations of the parties thereto other than the Company, enforceable against each of them in accordance with their respective terms; and (iii) the status of each of the Documents as legally valid and binding obligations of the parties thereto will not be affected by any (a) breaches of, or defaults under, any agreements or instruments, (b) violations of any statutes, rules, regulations or court or governmental orders, or (c) failures to obtain required consents, approvals or authorizations from, or to make required registrations, declarations or filings with, any governmental authorities or other third parties.
Subject to the foregoing and the other matters set forth herein, it is our opinion that, as of the date hereof:
Upon adoption by the board of directors of the Company of a resolution in form and content as required by applicable law duly authorizing the issuance of shares of Common Stock (with such shares, together with all shares of Common Stock previously issued or reserved for issuance and not duly and lawfully retired, not exceeding the then authorized shares of Common Stock), and upon issuance and delivery of and payment of legal consideration in excess of the par value thereof in accordance with the applicable Purchase Agreement and all applicable law, such shares of Common Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
Upon adoption by the board of directors of the Company of a resolution in form and content as required by applicable law duly authorizing the issuance of shares of Preferred Stock (with such shares, together with all shares of Preferred Stock previously issued or reserved for issuance and not duly and lawfully retired, not exceeding the then authorized shares of Preferred Stock), and upon issuance and delivery of and payment of legal consideration in excess of the par value thereof in accordance with the applicable Purchase Agreement and all applicable law, such shares of Preferred Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
When (a) a warrant agreement, if any, has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company (including, without limitation, the adoption by the board of directors of the Company of a resolution in form and content as required by applicable law duly authorizing the execution and delivery of such warrant agreement) and duly executed and delivered by the Company, (b) the specific terms of a particular issuance of Warrants have been duly established in accordance with such warrant agreement, if any, and all applicable law and authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company (including, without limitation, the adoption by the board of directors of the Company of a resolution in form and content as required by applicable law duly authorizing the issuance and delivery of the Warrants), and (c) the Warrants have been duly executed, issued and delivered against payment therefor in accordance with such warrant agreement, if any, the applicable Purchase Agreement and all applicable law (and assuming the satisfaction of the conditions described in the applicable numbered paragraphs of this opinion letter with respect to our opinion regarding any Securities issuable upon exercise of the Warrants), such Warrants will be legally valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.
When (a) a rights agreement, if any, has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company (including, without limitation, the adoption by the board of directors of the Company of a resolution in form and content as required by applicable law duly authorizing the execution and delivery of such rights agreement) and duly executed and delivered by the Company, (b) the specific terms of a particular issuance of Rights have been duly established in accordance with such rights agreement, if any, and all applicable law and authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company (including, without limitation, the adoption by the board of directors of the Company of a resolution in form and content as required by applicable law duly authorizing the issuance and delivery of the Rights), and (c) the Rights have been duly executed, issued and delivered in accordance with such rights agreement, if any, the applicable Purchase Agreement and all applicable law (and assuming the satisfaction of the conditions described in the applicable numbered paragraphs of this opinion letter with respect to our opinion regarding any Securities issuable upon exercise of the Rights), such Rights will be legally valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.
When (a) a unit agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company (including, without limitation, the adoption by the board of directors of the Company of a resolution duly authorizing the execution and delivery of such unit agreement) and duly executed and delivered by the Company, (b) the specific terms of a particular issuance of the related Units have been duly established in accordance with such unit agreement and all applicable law and authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company (including, without limitation, the adoption by the board of directors of the Company of a resolution in form and content as required by applicable law duly authorizing the issuance and delivery of the Units), and (c) such Units have been duly executed, issued and delivered against payment therefor in accordance with such unit agreement, the applicable Purchase Agreement and all applicable law (and assuming the satisfaction of the conditions described in the applicable numbered paragraphs of this opinion letter with respect to our opinion regarding the Securities underlying the Units), such Units will be legally valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.
This opinion is to be used only in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities while the Registration Statement and any and all required post-effective amendments thereto are effective.
This opinion is being delivered solely for the benefit of the Company and such other persons as are entitled to rely upon it pursuant to applicable provisions of the Securities Act. This opinion may not be used, quoted, relied upon or referred to for any other purpose nor may this opinion be used, quoted, relied upon or referred to by any other person, for any purpose, without our prior written consent.
We consent to your filing this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm in the Prospectus under the heading “Legal Matters.” In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
| Very truly yours, | |
| /s/ Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP | |
| Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP |
Exhibit 23.2
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm’s Consent
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of Blink Charging Co. on Form S-3 of our report dated April 2, 2020, which includes an explanatory paragraph about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, with respect to our audits of the consolidated financial statements of Blink Charging Co. and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 and for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Blink Charging Co. for the year ended December 31, 2019. We also consent to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” in the Prospectus, which is part of this Registration Statement.
| /s/ Marcum llp | |
| Marcum llp | |
| New York, NY | |
| January 6, 2021 |