Kopin Corp S-3/A, filed May 30, 2024
Kopin Corp (KOPN)
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 30, 2024
Registration No. 333- 278075
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
Amendment No. 1
to
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
KOPIN CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 04-2833935 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(IRS Employer Identification Number) |
125 North Drive
Westborough, MA 01581
(508) 870-5959
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
John J. Concannon III, Esq.
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
One Federal Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
(617) 951-8000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:
From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. ☐
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. ☒
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
| Large accelerated filer | ☐ | Accelerated filer | ☐ |
| Non-accelerated filer | ☒ | Smaller reporting company | ☒ |
| Emerging growth company | ☐ |
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of Securities Act. ☐
The registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Kopin Corporation is hereby filing this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-278075), originally filed on May 19, 2024, the (“Registration Statement”), to amend Exhibit 23.1 originally filed with the Registration Statement. Accordingly, this Amendment No. 1 consists only of the facing page, this Explanatory Note, the Exhibit Index, the signature page, and Exhibit 23.1. The balance of the Registration Statement remains unchanged and has been omitted.
EXHIBIT INDEX
| 23.1 | Consent of RSM US LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant, Kopin Corporation, 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 Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Westborough, Massachusetts, on this 30 day of May, 2024.
| KOPIN CORPORATION | ||
| By: | /S/ MICHAEL MURRAY | |
Michael Murray President, Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) | ||
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints John C.C. Fan and Richard Sneider, as such person’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in such person’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) and additions to this Registration Statement on Form S-3 and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and hereby grants to such attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or such person’s substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated as of the 30 day of May, 2024.
| Signature | Title | Date | ||
* |
Chairman of the Board | |||
| James Brewington | ||||
* |
Director, President and Chief Executive Officer |
May 30, 2024 | ||
| Michael Murray | (Principal Executive Officer) | |||
/s/ Richard A. Sneider |
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer |
May 30, 2024 | ||
| Richard A. Sneider | (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | |||
* |
Director | May 30, 2024 | ||
| Jill Avery | ||||
* |
Director | May 30, 2024 | ||
| John Fan | ||||
* |
Director | May 30, 2024 | ||
| Chi Chia Hsieh | ||||
* |
Director | May 30, 2024 | ||
| Scott L. Anchin | ||||
| * | Director | May 30, 2024 | ||
| David Nieuwsma |
| * By: | /s/ Richard Sneider | |
| Richard Sneider | ||
Attorney-in-Fact May 30, 2024 |
Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement (No. 333-278075) on Form S-3 and related Prospectus of Kopin Corporation of our report dated March 14, 2024, relating to the consolidated financial statements of Kopin Corporation and its subsidiaries, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Kopin Corporation for the year ended December 30, 2023.
We also consent to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” in such Prospectus.
/s/ RSM US LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
May 30, 2024