Current Report Filing (8-k)

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 13, 2023

 

IDEANOMICS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada	20-1778374
(State or other jurisdiction of	(IRS Employer
incorporation)	Identification No.)

 

001-35561

(Commission File Number)

  

1441 Broadway, Suite 5116, New York, NY 10018

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

212-206-1216

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:  

 

Title of each class	Trading symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, $0.001 par value per share	IDEX	The Nasdaq Stock Market

  

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

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 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

Amendment No. 14 to Secured Convertible Promissory Note

 

On January 19, 2023 (the “Effective Date”), Ideanomics, Inc. (the “Company”) and Via Motors International, Inc. (the “Borrower”) entered into an amendment (the “Amendment No. 14”) to the Secured Convertible Promissory Note dated August 30, 2021, as amended (the “Secured Convertible Promissory Note”). Under the Amendment No. 14, the Borrower agreed to borrow, and the Company agreed to advance, an additional amount of US$750,000 on the terms and conditions set forth in the Secured Convertible Promissory Note. Pursuant to the Amendment No. 14, the principal sum payable under the Secured Convertible Promissory Note shall be US$63,968,111 and simple interest on US$750,000 shall accrue from January 17, 2023, till the maturity date at the rate of 4% per annum.

 

Any amounts advanced pursuant to the Amendment No. 14 shall be deducted from the purchase price contemplated by that that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger dated August 30, 2021, as amended.

 

The foregoing description of the Amendment No. 14 is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment No. 14, which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

On January 13, 2023, pursuant to the previously disclosed Amended and Resated Standby Equity Purchase Agreement (the “SEPA”) dated September 14, 2022 between the Company and YA II PN, LTD. (“YA”), the Company requested the advance amount for 25,000,000 shares from YA, and YA prepaid the advance amount for $3,500,000. The Company may cause YA to purchase additional shares under the SEPA from time to time, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions and limitations set forth in the SEPA.

 

The shares of common stock were issued and sold to an accredited investor in reliance upon the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) afforded by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.

 

 

 

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit Number		Description
10.1		Amendment No. 14 to Secured Convertible Promissory Note.
104		Cover page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

	Ideanomics, Inc.
Date: January 20, 2023	By:	/s/ Alfred P. Poor
		Alfred P. Poor
		Chief Executive Officer