Amendment: SEC Form F-1/A filed by Vision Marine Technologies Inc.

As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on September 3, 2024

Registration No. 333-280616

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM F-1

Amendment No. 1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

VISION MARINE TECHNOLOGIES INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

730 Boulevard du Curé-Boivin

Boisbriand, Québec J7G 2A7, Canada

Telephone: 450-951-7009

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code)

Corporation Service Company

251 Little Falls Drive, Wilmington, DE 19808

Telephone: +1 302 636 5401

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent of service)

With copies to:

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.

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, check the following box. x

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ¨

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ¨

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933.

Emerging growth company x

If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, 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 the 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 this Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

The information contained in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed. These securities may not be sold until the registration statement filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This preliminary prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities, and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities, in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

Up to 2,024,291 Common Shares

Up to 2,024,291 Pre-Funded Warrants to Purchase Common Shares

Up to 2,024,291 Common Shares Underlying the Pre-Funded Warrants

Vision Marine Technologies Inc.

We are offering on a firm-commitment underwritten basis of up to 2,024,291 of our common shares, without par value per share of Vision Marine Technologies Inc. (the “Company”, “we”, “our”, “us”), at an assumed offering price of US$2.47 per common share, which is the reported sale price of our common shares, as reported on the Nasdaq Capital Market on August 30, 2024. For further information about the securities offered herein, see “Description of Securities We Are Offering”.

We are also offering to each purchaser of common shares that would otherwise result in the purchaser’s beneficial ownership exceeding 4.99% of our outstanding common shares immediately following the consummation of this offering the opportunity to purchase pre-funded warrants in lieu of common shares. A holder of pre-funded warrants will not have the right to exercise any portion of its pre-funded warrants if the holder, together with its affiliates, would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% (or, at the election of the holder, such limit may be increased to up to 9.99%) of the number of common shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise. Each pre-funded warrant will be exercisable for one common share. The purchase price of each pre-funded warrant will be equal to the price per common share, minus C$0.001, and the remaining exercise price of each pre-funded warrant will equal C$0.001 per common share. The pre-funded warrants will be immediately exercisable (subject to the beneficial ownership cap) and may be exercised at any time until all of the pre-funded warrants are exercised in full. For each pre-funded warrant we sell (without regard to any limitation on exercise set forth therein), the number of common shares we are offering will be decreased on a one-for-one basis. We are also registering the common shares issuable from time to time upon the exercise of the pre-funded warrants offered hereby. We refer to the common shares and pre-funded warrants offered hereby as the offered securities.

The offering price for our offered securities in this offering will be determined at the time of pricing and may be at a discount to the current market price or to the assumed price set forth above. The assumed offering price used throughout this prospectus may not be indicative of the final offering price. The final public offering price will be determined through negotiation between us and the underwriter based upon a number of factors, including our history and our prospects, the industry in which we operate, our past and present operating results, the previous experience of our executive officers and the general condition of the securities markets at the time of this offering. Therefore, the assumed public offering price used through this prospectus may not be indicative of the final offering price.

Our common shares are currently traded on the Nasdaq Capital Market, or Nasdaq, under the symbol “VMAR.” On August 30, 2024, the last reported sale price of our common shares on Nasdaq was US$2.47. As of August 30, 2024, there were 1,470,135 common shares issued and outstanding.

See “Risk Factors” on page 14 for more information.

We are an “emerging growth company” under the federal securities laws and have elected to comply with certain reduced public company reporting requirements.

Investing in the offered securities involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the matters described under the caption “Risk Factors” beginning on page 14, the risk factors described under “Risk Factors” in the documents incorporated by reference herein, including those discussed in our Annual Report on Form 20-F and Form 20-F/A for the year ended August 31, 2023, filed on November 29, 2023 and April 5, 2024 respectively, as well as the other information contained in or incorporated by reference in this prospectus before making a decision to invest in our securities.

Neither the United States 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.

⁽¹⁾ Underwriting discounts and commissions do not include a non-accountable expense allowance equal to 1% of the public offering price payable to the underwriter. We have also agreed to issue warrants to purchase up to a number of common shares to the representative of the underwriter equal to 5% of the aggregate number of shares sold pursuant to this offer at a price per common share equal to 125% of the offering price of the common shares offered hereby (the "Underwriter’s Warrants"). See "Underwriting" for a description of compensation payable to the underwriter.

We have granted a 45-day option to the underwriter to purchase up to an additional 303,644 common shares and/or pre-funded warrants (using the assumed offering price of US$2.47 per common share), representing 15% of common shares and pre-funded warrants initially offered hereby, solely to cover over-allotments, if any.

The underwriter expects to deliver the securities to the investors on or about             , 2024.

ThinkEquity

The date of this prospectus is              , 2024

TABLE OF CONTENTS

You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus, inclusive of the documents incorporated by reference herein, any amendment or supplement to this prospectus or any free writing prospectus prepared by, or on, our behalf. Neither we nor the underwriter have authorized any other person to provide you with different or additional information. Neither we nor the underwriter take responsibility for, nor can we provide assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may provide. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. The information contained in this prospectus or incorporated by reference in this prospectus is accurate only as of the date of this prospectus or such other date stated in this prospectus, and our business, financial condition, results of operations and/or prospects may have changed since those dates.

To the extent this prospectus contains summaries of the documents referred to herein, you are directed to the actual documents for complete information. All of the summaries are qualified in their entirety by the actual documents. Copies of some of the documents referred to herein have been filed, will be filed, or will be incorporated by reference as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, and you may obtain copies of such documents as described below in the section titled “Where You Can Find Additional Information.”

Except as otherwise set forth in this prospectus, neither we nor the underwriter have taken any action to permit an offering of these securities outside the United States or to permit the possession or distribution of this prospectus outside the United States. Persons outside the United States who come into possession of this prospectus must inform themselves about and observe any restrictions relating to the offering of these securities and the distribution of this prospectus outside the United States.

Unless the context otherwise requires, in this prospectus, the term(s) “we”, “us”, “our”, “Company”, “our company”, and “our business” refer to Vision Marine Technologies Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries, and “common shares” refer to our “Voting Common Shares – Series Investor 1” common shares, with no par value. For more information related to our authorized share capital please see “Articles of Incorporation of Our Company”.

All per share amounts in this prospectus (except where otherwise indicated) account for a 1:15 reverse stock split of our common shares that occurred on August 22, 2024.

All amounts converted from or into US$ or $ in this prospectus have been converted using an exchange rate of $US1.00:$1.3491 (the high US$ to CAD exchange rate on August 30, 2024 as reported by the Bank of Canada) except (i) US$ and $ amounts included in our historical financial statements incorporated by reference (or amounts in the prospectus derived from such financial statements) and (ii) as otherwise stated herein.

Excluding our historical financial statements and other documents incorporated herein, unless otherwise stated herein, all per share amounts in this prospectus (except where otherwise indicated) account for a 1:15 reverse stock split of our common shares that occurred on August 22, 2024.

INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) allows us to incorporate by reference the information we file with them. This means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. Each document incorporated by reference is current only as of the date of such document, and the incorporation by reference of such documents should not create any implication that there has been no change in our affairs since such date. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be a part of this prospectus and should be read with the same care. When we update the information contained in documents that have been incorporated by reference by making future filings with the SEC, the information incorporated by reference in this prospectus is considered to be automatically updated and superseded. In other words, in the case of a conflict or inconsistency between information contained in this prospectus and information incorporated by reference into this prospectus, you should rely on the information contained in the document that was filed later.

We incorporate by reference the documents listed below:

Any statement contained herein or in a document, all or a portion of which is 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 which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or amended, to constitute a part of this prospectus. Although all per share amounts in this prospectus (except where otherwise indicated) account for a 1:15 reverse stock split of our common shares that occurred on August 22, 2024, the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus that were filed before the reverse stock split (August 22, 2024) report all share amounts on a pre-split basis.

Our filings with the SEC, and exhibits incorporated in and amendments to those reports, are available free of charge on our website (http://www.investors.visionmarinetechnologies.com) as soon as reasonably practicable after they are filed with, or furnished to, the SEC. Our website and the information contained on that site, or connected to that site, are not incorporated into and are not a part of this prospectus.

Upon written or oral request, we will provide to each person to whom this prospectus is delivered, a copy of any or all of the reports or documents that have been incorporated by reference into this prospectus at no cost. If you would like a copy of any of these documents, at no cost, please write or call us at:

Vision Marine Technologies Inc.

730 Boulevard du Curé-Boivin

Boisbriand, Québec J7G 2A7, Canada

Telephone: 450-951-7009

Attention: Chief Executive Officer

 

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As we develop our electric powertrain systems, we envisage a 335-horsepower version of our electric outboard engine to be released.

 

Our Powerboats

 

We manufacture four models of electric powerboats and are preparing to launch a fifth model. Each model is available in different standard variations or may be customized according to a purchaser’s specifications.

 

		Bruce 22		Volt 180		Fantail 217		Quietude 156		Phantom
Starting Price		$73,995		$44,995		$49,995		$35,495		$19,123 - $38,252
E-Propulsion Power		5 HP		5 HP		5 HP		5 HP		5 HP
E-Motion Power		180 HP		180 HP		n/a		n/a		n/a
Capacity		5-8 passengers		10 Canada, 14 US		8-10 passengers		4 passengers		10 passengers
Dry Weight		1088 Kg (2400 pounds)		720 kg (1600 pounds)		775 kg (1705 lbs.)		800lbs		1,072Ibs
Hull Material		Fiberglass		Fiberglass (Infusion Sandwich)		Fiberglass		Fiberglass		Roto molding
Overall Length		6.7 m (22′)		5.4 m (17’9”)		6.6 m (21’7”)		4.7 m (15’6”)		5.03 m (16’6”)
Overall Width		2.08 m (6’6”)		2.13 m (7’)		2.03 m (6’8”)		1.5 m (4’11”)		1.89 m (6’ 0”)
Draft		0.45 m (18”)		0.30 m (12”)		0.43 m (20”)		0.18 m (8”)		0.305 m (12”)
Homologation		USA, Canada, EU		USA, Canada, EU		USA, Canada, EU		USA, Canada, EU		USA, Canada, EU
Woodwork		Mahogany, Teak		Synthetic		Synthetic		Synthetic		n/a
Propulsion		E-Motion		E-Propulsion		E-Propulsion		E-Propulsion		n/a
Battery Type		Lithium ion		Lithium ion		Lithium ion		Lithium ion		Lithium ion

 

For each of our boats, our consumers are able to customize certain aspects including color (for the hull, striping, interior and deck), radio and covers and other storage options. In addition, there are customizations that are just available for some boat models, including propulsion and batteries.

 

¹ Total liabilities include $8,376,440 in non-cash derivative liabilities.

RISK FACTORS

An investment in the offered securities carries a significant degree of risk. You should carefully consider the following risks, as well as the other information contained in this prospectus, and those described under the section titled “Risk Factors” in the documents incorporated by reference herein, including those discussed in our Annual Report, together with the other information included in this prospectus and incorporated by reference herein from our filings with the SEC, before you decide to purchase the offered securities. Any one of these risks and uncertainties has the potential to cause material adverse effects on our business, prospects, financial condition and operating results which could cause actual results to differ materially from any forward-looking statements expressed by us and a significant decrease in the value of the offered securities. Refer to “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements”.

We may not be successful in preventing the material adverse effects that any of the following risks and uncertainties may cause. These potential risks and uncertainties may not be a complete list of the risks and uncertainties facing us. There may be additional risks and uncertainties that we are presently unaware of, or presently consider immaterial, that may become material in the future and have a material adverse effect on us. You could lose all or a significant portion of your investment due to any of these risks and uncertainties.

Risks Related to our Business and Industry

There is limited public information on our operating history.

Our limited public operating history makes evaluating our business and prospects difficult. Although we were formed in 2012, we did not provide public reports on the results of operations until our 2020 fiscal year. We only have six years of audited financial statements.

We currently have a net loss, and if we are unable to obtain and grow a net income in the future our ability to grow our business as planned will be adversely affected.

We have made significant up-front investments in research and development, sales and marketing, and general and administrative expenses to rapidly develop and expand our business. We had a net loss of $10,407,997 for the nine-month period ended May 31, 2024, as compared to a net loss of $16,582,939 for the same period in 2023. Similarly, we had a net loss of $20,877,186 and $13,111,785 in our 2023 and 2022 fiscal years, respectively. Net loss may grow or we might never maintain net income in certain circumstances, many of which are beyond our control. Even after the use of the proceeds from this offering, our revenues might not significantly exceed our expenses or could be less than our expenses. It may take us longer to obtain and maintain net income than we anticipate, if at all, or we may only do so at a much lower rate than we anticipate. Failure to obtain our net income would mean that we would have to curtail our planned growth in operations or resort to financings to fund such growth.

Terms of subsequent financings may adversely impact your investment.

We may have to engage in common equity, debt, or preferred shares financing in the future. Your rights and the value of your investment in our securities could be reduced. The sale of common shares could dilute your net tangible book value per share and would dilute the voting power of your common shares. Common shares which we sell could be sold into the public market, which could adversely affect the market price. If we sell warrants, the exercise of those warrants, or the belief that they could soon be exercised, could place downward pressure on the market value of our common shares until such warrants are exercised. If we need to raise more equity capital from the sale of equity securities, institutional or other investors may negotiate terms at least as, and possibly more, favorable than the terms of your investment. Preferred shares could be issued in series from time to time with such designation, rights, preferences, and limitations as needed to raise capital. The terms of preferred shares could be more advantageous to those investors than to the holders of common shares.

The sale of debt securities could include interest, which could increase costs and negatively impact operating results, or contain rights to convert such debt into common shares, which could be at conversion price that is significantly below the then market price.

Our plan of operations entails promoting a product that we may never launch or which may not be commercially accepted if launched.

We have concentrated the majority of our research and development efforts on developing electric powertrain systems that we intend to rent and sell to OEMs of boats. We expect the electric powertrain systems to represent the majority of our revenue in our coming accounting periods. We have built prototypes of our electronic powertrain. We do not know if OEMs will find our product candidate to be an attractive component in their boats or if they will find the price of our electric powertrains to be acceptable. We do not currently have any significant customers for our electric powertrains. Although we have received letter of intent from OEMs for over 1,000 powertrains through the year ended August 31, 2024, such LOIs are non-binding and may never result in any actual sales. Even if we do develop such relationships, we might not be able to maintain them or grow them as anticipated. At the time of our initial public offering, we had expected to begin the commercialization of our electric powertrains in 2020 but were not able to meet that preferred timeline and we may not meet our new timelines. Additionally, we had anticipated developing a 335 horsepower electric powertrain within 18 months of our last annual report but currently do not believe that we will meet that anticipated date. If we are not successful in commercializing our product or if sales of our electric powertrain are less than we estimate, our business may not grow as expected, if at all, and we may fail.

To carry out our proposed business plan to build up inventory for order fulfilment, increase brand awareness and develop a new powertrain for our engines, we will require a significant amount of capital.

If current cash, cash equivalents and revenue from our business are not sufficient to cover our cash requirements, we will need to raise additional funds through the sale of debt or equity securities, in either private placements or additional registered offerings. If we are unsuccessful in raising enough funds through such capital-raising efforts, we may review other financing possibilities such as bank loans. Financing might not be available to us or, if available, only on terms that are not favorable or acceptable to us.

Our ability to obtain the necessary financing to carry out our business plan is subject to a number of factors, including general market conditions and investor acceptance of our business plan. These factors may make the timing, amount, terms and conditions of such financing unattractive or unavailable to us. If we are unable to raise sufficient funds, we will have to significantly reduce our spending, delay or cancel our planned activities, sell non-essential assets or substantially change our current corporate structure. We might not be able to obtain any funding, and we might not have sufficient resources to conduct our business as projected, both of which could mean that we would be forced to curtail or discontinue our operations.

We recently sold a portion of our rental operations, and our ability to continue deriving revenue from our rental operations may significantly change as a result.

In our 2021 fiscal year, we expanded our business to include rentals of electric powerboats by acquiring EBR, an entity that rents electric boats at two marinas in California. In April 2024, we sold our electric boat rental facility located in one of those marinas (Newport Beach, California) to Stratégies EB Inc. We continue electric boat rental operations in Ventura, California and Palm Beach, Florida, and we are currently in the process of opening a new electric boat rental facility in Dania Beach, Florida. Our operations at the marina in Newport Beach, California were significantly larger than our operations in either Venture Beach, California or Palm Beach, Florida. If we do not increase our operations at our existing marinas or start operations at new ones, our rental business might never derive the same revenue from operations as it did prior to the sale of our operations in Newport Beach, California.

Our future growth depends upon consumers’ willingness to purchase electric powerboats.

Our growth highly depends upon the adoption by consumers of, and we are subject to an elevated risk of any reduced demand for, electric powerboats. Without such growth, sales of our electric powertrain, if any, and our electric boats may not grow at the rate that we anticipate, if such sales grow at all. If the market for electric powerboats does not develop as we expect or develops more slowly than we expect, our business, prospects, financial condition and operating results will be negatively impacted. Despite the long history of electric powerboats, the market for them is relatively new, rapidly evolving, characterized by rapidly changing technologies, price competition, additional competitors, evolving government regulation and industry standards, frequent new electric powerboat announcements and changing consumer demands and behaviors. Powerboats with conventional gas-powered motors may be deemed preferable to electric powerboats as they tend to be more powerful, have a longer range and/or cost less. Other factors that may influence the adoption of electric powerboats include:

The influence of any of the factors described above may cause current or potential customers not to purchase our electric powerboat, which would materially adversely affect our business, operating results, financial condition and prospects.

Our future growth depends upon consumers’ preference for outboard motors over inboard motors.

We envision the majority of our growth deriving from the sale of one of our product candidates, an electric powertrain for an outboard motor. If consumer preferences led to a decline in outboard motors, the OEMs we intend to sell to may produce less boats, and we may not be able to sell as many electric powertrains as we anticipate, if we sell any at all. We may not be able to adapt the technology behind this powertrain for inboard motors or may only be able to do so in a way that is not cost effective.

We rely on a limited number of suppliers for key components of our finished products.

Although we manufacture all of our powerboats, we do so by assembling the component parts that we acquire from third-party suppliers rather than by producing any of those component parts ourselves. We materially depend on some of those third-party suppliers for certain components that we obtain from a limited number of suppliers, namely:

As we purchase our components and parts through purchase orders and informal arrangements rather than long-term purchase agreements, we have not contractually secured a supply chain for these components and parts.

The range of electric powerboats on a single charge declines over time, which may negatively influence potential customers’ decisions whether to purchase our boats or boats containing our electric powertrains.

The range of electric powerboats on a single charge declines principally as a function of usage, time and charging patterns. For example, a customer’s use of their powerboat as well as the frequency with which they charge the battery can result in additional deterioration of the battery’s ability to hold a charge. During the lifetime of the lead acid batteries in powerboats, 500 to 1000 recharge cycles are possible, and our lithium battery pack will retain approximately 85% of its ability to hold its initial charge after approximately 3,000 charge cycles and 8 years, which will result in a decrease to the boat’s initial range. Such battery deterioration and the related decrease in range may negatively influence potential customer decisions whether to purchase an electric boat, which may harm our ability to market and sell our boats. Likewise, if such reasoning deters potential customers from purchasing boats made by OEMs that use our electric powertrains, they may order fewer electric powertrains from us, if they ever order any at all.

Developments in alternative technologies or improvements in the internal combustion engine may materially adversely affect the demand for our electric powerboats.

Significant developments in alternative technologies, such as advanced diesel, ethanol, fuel cells or compressed natural gas, or improvements in the fuel economy of the internal combustion engine, may materially and adversely affect our business and prospects in ways we do not currently anticipate. For example, fuel which is abundant and relatively inexpensive in North America, such as compressed natural gas, may emerge as consumers’ preferred alternative to petroleum-based propulsion. Any failure by us to develop new or enhanced technologies or processes, or to react to changes in existing technologies, could materially delay our development and introduction of new and enhanced electric powerboats, which could result in the loss of competitiveness of our boats, decreased revenue and a loss of market share to competitors.

If we are unable to keep up with advances in electric powerboat technology, we may lose our competitive position in the industry.

We may be unable to keep up with changes in electric powerboats technology, particularly developments with powertrains. As a result, we may lose our competitive position in the industry. Any failure to keep up with advances in electric powerboat technology could result in a loss of our competitive position which would materially and adversely affect our business, prospects, operating results and financial condition. Our research and development efforts may not be sufficient to adapt to changes in electric powerboat technology. As technologies change, we plan to upgrade or adapt our electric powertrain. We would additionally upgrade our boats and introduce new models to take advantage of these changes. However, our technology and boats may not compete effectively with alternative technology or powerboats if we are not able to source and integrate the latest technology. For example, we do not manufacture lead or lithium battery cells, and as a result, we are dependent on suppliers of battery cell technology for our battery packs.

Demand in the powerboat industry is highly volatile.

Fluctuations in demand for recreational powerboats and electric powerboats may materially and adversely affect our business, prospects, operating results and financial condition. The markets in which we compete have been subject to considerable volatility in demand in recent periods. Demand for recreational powerboat and electric powerboat sales depends to a large extent on general, economic and social conditions in a given market. Historically, sales of recreational powerboats decrease during economic downturns. We have fewer financial resources than more established powerboat manufacturers to withstand adverse changes in the market and disruptions in demand.

Unfavorable weather conditions may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations, especially during the peak boating season.

Adverse weather conditions in any year, in any particular geographic region, may adversely affect sales in that particular geographic region, especially during the peak boating season in such particular geographic region. Sales of our products are generally stronger just before and during spring and summer, which represent the peak boating months in most of our markets, and favorable weather during these months generally has a positive effect on consumer demand for our products. Conversely, unseasonably cool weather, excessive rainfall, reduced rainfall levels, or drought conditions during these periods may close area boating locations or render boating dangerous or inconvenient, thereby generally reducing consumer demand for our products. Our annual results would be materially and adversely affected if our net sales were to fall below expected seasonal levels during these periods. We may also experience more pronounced seasonal fluctuation in net sales in the future as we continue to expand our businesses. Additionally, to the extent that unfavorable weather conditions are exacerbated by global climate change or otherwise, our sales may be affected to a greater degree than we have previously experienced. Adverse weather could also affect income from our rental business as we tend to rent significantly less boats on rainy or otherwise unappealing days than on sunny and attractive ones. If we experience more rainy or otherwise unappealing days at our marinas than normal, our income from the rental of electric boats could materially decline.

We intend to increasingly use our network of independent dealers, and we will face increasing competition for dealers and have little control over their activities.

Currently, most of our sales are directly placed with us online, but approximately 54% of our sales of electric boats in the nine-month period ended May 31, 2024 were derived from our network of independent dealers. We have agreements with dealers in our network that typically provide for terms of between 1 and 3 years. While we will continue to market direct sales through our website, we seek to increase revenues and diversify our sales points by expanding our network of independent dealers. We envision an increase in the number of dealers supporting our products and the quality of their marketing and servicing efforts being essential to our ability to increase sales. We may not be successful in our effort to grow our network of independent dealers.

Competition for dealers among recreational powerboat manufacturers continues to increase based on the quality, price, value and availability of the manufacturers’ products, the manufacturers’ attention to customer service and the marketing support that manufacturers provide to dealers. We will face intense competition from other recreational powerboat manufacturers in attracting and retaining dealers, and we might not be able to attract or retain relationships with qualified and successful dealers as well as our competition, if at all. We might not be able to maintain or improve our relationship with dealers or our market share position. In addition, independent dealers in the recreational powerboat industry have experienced significant consolidation in recent years, which could inhibit our ability to retain them or result in the loss of one or more of our dealers in the future if the surviving entity in any such consolidation purchases similar products from a competitor. If we do not establish a significant network of dealers, our future sales could fail to meet our projections, and our business, financial condition and results of operations may be adversely affected.

We envision that our success will depend, in part, upon the financial health of our dealers and their continued access to financing.

We seek to increase revenues and diversify our sales points by expanding our network of independent dealers. The financial health of our current and any future dealers is critical to our success. Our business, financial condition and results of operations may be adversely affected if the financial health of dealers that sell our products suffers. Their financial health may suffer for a variety of reasons, including a downturn in general economic conditions, rising interest rates, higher rents, increased labor costs and taxes, compliance with regulations and personal financial issues.

In addition, dealers require adequate liquidity to finance operations, including purchases of our products. Dealers are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties that could unfavorably affect their liquidity positions, including, among other things, continued access to adequate financing sources on a timely basis on reasonable terms. These sources of financing are vital to our ability to sell products through our distribution network. Access to floor plan financing generally facilitates dealers’ ability to purchase powerboats from us, and their financed purchases reduce our working capital requirements. If floor plan financing were not available to our dealers, our sales and our working capital levels could be adversely affected. The availability and terms of financing offered by dealers’ floor plan financing providers will continue to be influenced by:

Changes to trade policies, tariffs, and import/export regulations may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Although we manufacture our products in Canada, in our last fiscal year approximately 91% of our sales and rentals occurred in the United States, a percentage that could increase as our operations expand. Changes in laws and policies governing foreign trade could adversely affect our business. Such policy changes may place greater restrictions and economic disincentives on international trade and may have the potential to adversely impact the global and local economies, our industry and global demand for our products and, as a result, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Interest rates and energy prices affect marine products’ sales

Although our products are not frequently financed by our dealers and retail powerboat consumers, we envision this becoming more common as we expand our operations and grow our network of distributors. This may not occur if interest rates rise because higher rates increase the borrowing costs and, as a result, the cost of doing business for dealers and the cost of powerboat purchases for consumers. Energy costs can represent a large portion of the costs to manufacture our products and can increase their ultimate sales price. Therefore, higher interest rates and fuel costs can adversely affect consumers’ decisions relating to recreational powerboating purchases.

We have a large fixed cost base that will affect our profitability if our sales decrease.

The fixed cost levels of operating a recreational powerboat manufacturer can put pressure on profit margins when sales and production decline. Our profitability depends, in part, on our ability to spread fixed costs over a sufficiently large number of products sold and shipped, and if we decide to reduce our rate of production, gross or net margins could be negatively affected. Consequently, decreased demand or the need to reduce production can lower our ability to absorb fixed costs and materially impact our financial condition or results of operations.

We depend on certain key personnel, and our success will depend on our continued ability to retain and attract such qualified personnel.

Our success depends on the efforts, abilities and continued service of Alexandre Mongeon, our Chief Executive Officer, Xavier Montagne, our Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer, and Raffi Sossoyan, our Chief Financial Officer. A number of these key employees and consultants have significant experience in the recreational boating, manufacturing and electric vehicle industries. A loss of service from any one of these individuals may adversely affect our operations, and we may have difficulty locating, or may not be able to locate and hire, a suitable replacement. We have not obtained any “key person” insurance on certain key personnel.

We are subject to numerous environmental, health and safety laws and any breach of such laws may have a material adverse effect on our business and operating results.

We are subject to numerous environmental, health and safety laws, including statutes, regulations, bylaws and other legal requirements. These laws relate to the generation, use, handling, storage, transportation and disposal of regulated substances, including hazardous substances (such as batteries), dangerous goods and waste, emissions or discharges into soil, water and air, including noise and odors (which could result in remediation obligations), and occupational health and safety matters, including indoor air quality. These regulations also apply to any contamination that our powerboats cause in the lakes and rivers in which they operate. These legal requirements vary by location and can arise under federal, provincial, state or municipal laws. Any breach of such laws and/or requirements could have a material adverse effect on our company and its operating results.

Our powerboats are subject to mandated safety standards and failure to meet those standards could have a material adverse effect on our business and operating results.

Given the inherent dangers involved with powerboats, all powerboats sold must comply with federal, state and provincial safety standards. Additionally, most powerboats sold in the United States must meet the safety standards set by the American Boat and Yacht Counsel (“ABYC”), a non-profit, member organization that develops voluntary safety standards for the design, construction, maintenance, and repair of recreational powerboats and the National Marine Manufacturers Association (“NMMA”). Our powerboats have been certified by the United States Coast Guard and the Canadian Coast Guard, meet the ABYC safety standards and have received CE marking indicating their conformity with health, safety, and environmental protection standards within the European Economic Area. Loss of any of these certifications or failure to obtain them for future products could have a material adverse effect on our business and operating results.

We intend to rely on a third-party for the manufacture of what we envision will become our principal product.

If we are able to commercialize our E-Motion™ electric powertrain system, we intend to use a third-party to mass produce our powertrains. In October 2021, we entered into a Manufacture and Supply Agreement with Linamar Corporation, a provider of manufacturing solutions and a developer of highly engineered products. Under the terms of the agreement, we intend for McLaren Engineering, Linamar Corporation’s technology and product development team for its advanced mobility segment, to manufacture and assemble our E-Motion™ technology through testing, parts, tooling development, and designing the union assembly for mass production of our electric powertrain at Linamar’s facility in Canada. Once we have scaled up the production of our electric powertrain, we intend for the Linamar Corporation to produce our electric powertrain for mass commercialization. If Linamar Corporation is unable to satisfactorily manufacture our E-Motion™ powertrains, we will be forced to find a new third-party manufacturer or to produce such powertrains inhouse (with our current facilities we believe that we are limited to producing 300 electric powertrains per year in addition to producing 150 boats per year). Any such change in manufacturers could lead to a delay in our ability to deliver on purchase orders or the loss of such purchase orders, which in turn could adversely affect our revenue or the timing of our revenue.

If we are unable to meet the service requirements of our customers, our business will be materially and adversely affected.

We do not offer warranties or provide service for our boats and do not intend to offer warranties on our powertrain systems. Instead, the purchasers of our boats and of our powertrains may rely upon the warranties and services of the manufacturers of the components used in our boats and powertrains. As all such warranties are provided by third-party suppliers, the quality and timeliness of such service is outside of our control. Additionally, the terms of such warranties, including the length of time of coverage, and servicing terms, including locations and labor cost, are not uniform. If our purchasers and potential purchasers believe that warranties and servicing capabilities provided by our third-party suppliers are inadequate, the reputation of our brand will suffer and business and prospects could be materially and adversely affected.

If we are unable to meet our production and development goals, we may need to change our business plans or the timeline in which we expect to carry them out.

Our ability to carry out our business plans depends upon meeting our production and development goals. Delays or failures in meeting these goals could require us to reassess our business plans and the timeline that it will take us to implement those plans. In the past, we have not always met our production and development goals. For example, we expected to manufacture approximately 50 powerboats, and begin commercialization of our electric powertrains in calendar year 2023, and we did not meet these goals. If any such delays or failures were to cause a material change to our proposed business plans, such change could result in materially adverse changes in our projected revenues or expenses.

We may not succeed in establishing, maintaining and strengthening the Vision Marine brand, which could materially and adversely affect customer acceptance of our boats and components and our business, revenues and prospects.

Our business and prospects heavily depend on our ability to develop, maintain and strengthen the Vision Marine brand and the brands of our powerboat models. Any failure to develop, maintain and strengthen these brands may materially and adversely affect our ability to sell our products. If we are not able to establish, maintain and strengthen our brands, we may lose the opportunity to build our customer base. We expect that our ability to develop, maintain and strengthen the Vision Marine brand will also depend heavily on the success of our marketing efforts. To further promote our brand, we may be required to change our marketing practices, which could result in substantially increased advertising expenses, including the need to use traditional media such as television, radio and print. Many of our current and potential competitors have greater name recognition, broader customer relationships and substantially greater marketing resources than we do. If we do not develop and maintain strong brands, our business, prospects, financial condition and operating results will be materially and adversely impacted.

Increases in costs, disruption of supply or shortage of raw materials, in particular lithium-ion cells, could harm our business.

Although we do not materially use raw materials in the production of our electronic powerboats, we purchase the necessary parts and components for our boats from third-party suppliers that do. Were those third-party suppliers to experience increases in the cost or a sustained interruption in the supply or shortage of raw materials, the corresponding parts and components could become more costly or less available (if still available at all).. We are particularly exposed to a supply-chain risk as we have not contractually secured long-term supply commitments at fixed prices with our third-party suppliers. The prices for these raw materials fluctuate depending on market conditions and global demand for these materials and price fluctuations and material shortages could adversely affect our business and operating results. For instance, we are exposed to multiple risks relating to price fluctuations for lithium-ion cells. These risks include:

Our business depends on the continued supply of battery cells for our boats. We do not currently have any agreements for the supply of batteries and depend upon the open market for their procurement. Any disruption in the supply of battery cells from our supplier could temporarily disrupt the planned production of our boats until such time as a different supplier is fully qualified. Moreover, battery cell manufacturers may choose to refuse to supply electric boat manufacturers to the extent they determine that the boats are not sufficiently safe. Furthermore, current fluctuations or shortages in petroleum and other economic conditions may cause us to experience significant increases in freight charges and raw material costs. Substantial increases in the prices for our raw materials would increase our operating costs and could reduce our margins if we cannot recoup the increased costs through increased electric boat prices. We might not be able to recoup increasing costs of raw materials by increasing boat prices. We publish the price for the base model of our powerboats. However, any attempts to increase the published prices in response to increased raw material costs could be viewed negatively by our potential customers, result in cancellations of orders and could materially adversely affect our brand, image, business, prospects and operating results.

If our suppliers sell us parts or components containing conflict minerals, we may be required, at significant expense, to find suppliers that do not use conflict minerals.

In 2010, Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank Act”) requiring the SEC to issue rules specifically relating to the use of “Conflict Minerals” within manufactured products. “Conflict minerals” are currently defined under United States law as tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold (also known as “3TG”) and related derivatives. Within a year of becoming a public company, the SEC rules require any SEC registrant whose commercial products contain any 3TG (“3TG Product”) to determine whether the 3TG in the 3TG Product originated from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (“DRC”) or adjoining countries (collectively, the “DRC Region”) and, if so, whether the 3TG is “conflict free”. “3TG Conflict Free” means that the supply chain is transparent and the 3TG in 3TG Products does not directly or indirectly benefit armed groups responsible for serious human rights abuses in the DRC Region. By enacting this provision, Congress intends to further the humanitarian goal of ending the extremely violent conflict in the DRC Region, which has been partially financed by the exploitation and trade of 3TG originating in the DRC Region.

We will need to expend time and money on determining whether our products contain conflict minerals. If our suppliers use conflict minerals in the production of the parts and components that we purchase from them, we may need to find alternative suppliers. This may only be possible at significant expense or with material delays in production.

Our software to control our electric powertrain systems contains “open source” software, and any failure to comply with the terms of one or more of these open source licenses could negatively affect our business.

We use software to control our electric powertrain systems that relies upon “open source” licenses and intend to use such software in the future. Although we do not believe that the open source code we have used imposes any limitations on the use of the software that we have developed, the terms of many open source licenses have not been interpreted by United States or other courts, and there is a risk that these licenses could be construed in a manner that could impose unanticipated conditions or restrictions on our ability to commercialize our solutions including requirements that we make available source code for modifications or derivative works we create based upon the open source software or license such modifications or derivative works. In addition to risks related to license requirements, usage of open source software can lead to greater risks than use of third-party commercial software, as open source licensors generally do not provide warranties or controls on origin of the software. We cannot be sure that all open source is submitted for approval prior to use in our solutions. In addition, many of the risks associated with usage of open source cannot be eliminated, and could, if not properly addressed, negatively affect the performance of our electric powertrains and our business.

We rely on network and information systems and other technologies for our business activities and certain events, such as computer hackings, viruses or other destructive or disruptive software or activities may disrupt our operations, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Network and information systems and other technologies are important to our business activities and operations. Network and information systems-related events, such as computer hackings, cyber threats, security breaches, viruses, or other destructive or disruptive software, process breakdowns or malicious or other activities could result in a disruption of our services and operations or improper disclosure of personal data or confidential information, which could damage our reputation and require us to expend resources to remedy any such breaches. Moreover, the amount and scope of insurance we maintain against losses resulting from any such events or security breaches may not be sufficient to cover our losses or otherwise adequately compensate us for any disruptions to our businesses that may result, and the occurrence of any such events or security breaches could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations. The risk of these systems-related events and security breaches occurring has intensified, in part because we maintain certain information necessary to conduct our businesses in digital form stored on cloud servers. While we develop and maintain systems seeking to prevent systems-related events and security breaches from occurring, the development and maintenance of these systems is costly and requires ongoing monitoring and updating as technologies change and efforts to overcome security measures become more sophisticated. Despite these efforts, there can be no assurance that disruptions and security breaches will not occur in the future. Moreover, we may provide certain confidential, proprietary and personal information to third parties in connection with our businesses, and while we obtain assurances that these third parties will protect this information, there is a risk that this information may be compromised. The occurrence of any of such network or information systems-related events or security breaches could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

If the governmental grants and tax credits that we receive were to be no longer available, our net earnings would be materially reduced.

We receive governmental benefits in connection with our operations. In connection with the production of our powerboats and our research into green technology, we have been able to receive tax credits and grants provided by the Quebec provincial government and the Canadian federal government. During the nine-month period ended May 31, 2024, the Company recognized $45,792 in grants and investment tax credits. In our 2023 and 2022 fiscal years, we recognized grants and investment tax credits amounting to $0.2 million and $1.5 million, respectively, of which $0.14 million and $1.4 million, respectively, is presented against research and development expenses. We intend to continue applying for such grants and receiving such tax credits. Without such grants and tax credits, our net loss in each of the past two fiscal years would have been larger. If such grants and tax credits were no longer available, our business, prospects, financial condition and operating results could be adversely affected.

The unavailability, reduction or elimination of government regulations on waterways could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, operating results and prospects.

Although we are unaware of substantial governmental economic incentives, such as tax credits and rebates, that customers may receive in connection with the purchase of our products, there are certain governmental regulations whose repeal could affect the desirability of our powerboats. In particular, local and regional restrictions of internal combustion engines on certain waterways make electric boats an attractive alternative for use in such lakes and rivers. Any reduction, elimination or discriminatory application of such rules because of policy changes or other reasons may result in the diminished competitiveness of electric boats generally. This could materially and adversely affect the growth of our market and our business, prospects, financial condition and operating results.

If we fail to manage future growth effectively, we may not be able to market or sell our powerboats or powertrains successfully.

Any failure to manage our growth effectively could materially and adversely affect our business, prospects, operating results and financial condition. We plan to expand our operations in the near future. Our future operating results depend to a large extent on our ability to manage this expansion and growth successfully. Risks that we face in undertaking this expansion include:

We intend to continue to hire a number of additional personnel, including design and manufacturing personnel and service technicians for our electric boats and powertrains. Competition for individuals with experience designing, manufacturing and servicing electric boats is intense, and we may not be able to attract, assimilate, train or retain additional highly qualified personnel in the future. The failure to attract, integrate, train, motivate and retain these additional employees could seriously harm our business and prospects.

Our business may be adversely affected by labor and union activities.

None of our employees are currently represented by a labor union. It is common in Quebec for employees of manufacturers of a certain size to belong to a union. Although we do not believe that we are currently of a size where our employees will unionize, were they to do so now or in the future, we would be at risk for higher employee costs and increased risk of work stoppages. We also directly and indirectly depend upon other companies with unionized work forces, such as parts suppliers and trucking and freight companies, and work stoppages or strikes organized by such unions could have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition or operating results. If a work stoppage occurs among our key suppliers or our network of distributors, it could materially reduce the manufacture and sale of our boats and have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, operating results or financial condition.

Our ability to meet the needs of our manufacturing workforce is crucial to our results of operations and future sales and profitability.

We rely on the existence of an available hourly workforce to manufacture our products. We cannot assure you that we will be able to attract and retain qualified employees to meet current or future manufacturing needs at a reasonable cost, or at all. For instance, the demand for skilled employees has increased recently with the low unemployment rates in the regions where we have manufacturing facilities. Also, although none of our employees are currently covered by collective bargaining agreements, we cannot assure you that our employees will not elect to be represented by labor unions in the future. Additionally, competition for qualified employees could require us to pay higher wages to attract a sufficient number of employees. Significant increases in manufacturing workforce costs could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.

We compete with a variety of other activities for consumers’ leisure time.

Our powerboats are used for recreational and sport purposes, and demand for our powerboats may be adversely affected by competition from other activities that occupy consumers’ leisure time and by changes in consumer lifestyle, usage pattern or taste. Similarly, an overall decrease in consumer leisure time may reduce consumers’ willingness to purchase and enjoy our products.

Product liability, warranty, personal injury, property damage and recall claims may materially affect our financial condition and damage our reputation.

We are engaged in a business that exposes us to claims of product liability and warranty claims in the event our products actually or allegedly fail to perform as expected or the use of our products results, or is alleged to result, in property damage, personal injury or death. Our products involve kinetic energy, produce physical motion and are to be used on the water, factors which increase the likelihood of injury or death. Our products contain Lithium-ion batteries, which have been known to catch fire or vent smoke and flame, and chemicals which are known to be, or could later be proved to be, toxic carcinogenic. Any personal injury or wrongful death claim could, even if not justified, prove expensive to contest.

We do not provide warranties for our powerboats but instead rely upon the warranties provided by the third-party manufacturers from whom we purchase the components for our powerboats. Although we maintain product and general liability insurance for the types and in the amounts that we believe are customary for the industry, we are not fully insured against all such potential claims. We may experience legal claims in excess of our insurance coverage or claims that are not covered by insurance, either of which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. Adverse determination of material product liability and warranty claims made against us could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and harm our reputation. In addition, if any of our products or components in our products are, or are alleged to be, defective, we may be required to participate in a recall of that product or component if the defect or alleged defect relates to safety. Any such recall and other claims could be costly to us and require substantial management attention.

You may face difficulties in protecting your interests, and your ability to protect your rights through the U.S. federal courts may be limited because we are incorporated under the laws of the Province of Quebec, a substantial portion of our assets are in Canada and the majority of our directors and executive officers reside outside the United States

We are constituted under the laws of the Business Corporations Act (Quebec) (the “Business Corporation Act”) and our executive offices are located outside of the United States in Boisbriand, Quebec. Most of our officers, and directors, as well as our auditor reside outside the United States. In addition, a substantial portion of their assets and our assets are located outside of the United States. As a result, you may have difficulty serving legal process within the United States upon us or any of these persons. You may also have difficulty enforcing, both in and outside of the United States, judgments you may obtain in U.S. courts against us or these persons in any action, including actions based upon the civil liability provisions of U.S. Federal or state securities laws. Furthermore, there is substantial doubt as to the enforceability in Canada against us or against any of our directors, officers and the expert named in this prospectus who are not residents of the United States, in original actions or in actions for enforcement of judgments of U.S. courts, of liabilities based solely upon the civil liability provisions of the U.S. federal securities laws. In addition, shareholders in Quebec corporations may not have standing to initiate a shareholder derivative action in U.S. federal courts.

As a result, our public shareholders may have more difficulty in protecting their interests through actions against us, our management, our directors or our major shareholders than would shareholders of a corporation incorporated in a jurisdiction in the United States.

Our financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis and our financial status creates a substantial doubt whether we will continue as a going concern.

Our financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis under which an entity is considered to be able to realize its assets and satisfy its liabilities in the ordinary course of business. Our future operations are dependent upon the identification and successful completion of equity or debt financing and the achievement of profitable operations at an indeterminate time in the future. There can be no assurances that we will be successful in completing an equity or debt financing or in achieving or maintaining profitability. The financial statements do not give effect to any adjustments relating to the carrying values and classification of assets and liabilities that would be necessary should we be unable to continue as a going concern.

Global economic conditions could materially adversely impact demand for our products and services.

Our operations and performance depend significantly on economic conditions. Global financial conditions continue to be subject to volatility arising from international geopolitical developments and global economic phenomena, as well as general financial market turbulence, including growing inflationary concerns, resulting in a significant reduction in many major market indices. Uncertainty about global economic conditions could result in:

accordingly, on our business, results of operations or financial condition. Access to public financing and credit can be negatively affected by the effect of these events on Canadian, U.S. and global credit markets. The health of the global financing and credit markets may affect our ability to obtain equity or debt financing in the future and the terms at which financing or credit is available to us. These instances of volatility and market turmoil could adversely affect our operations and the trading price of our common shares.

Our business may be materially affected by future pandemics.

Potential future pandemics may disrupt our business and operational plans. These disruptions may include disruptions resulting from (i) shortages of employees, (ii) unavailability of contractors and subcontractors, (iii) interruption of, or price fluctuations in, supplies from third parties upon which we rely, (iv) restrictions that governments impose to address the pandemic, and (v) restrictions that we and our contractors and subcontractors impose to ensure the safety of employees and others. Such pandemics may disrupt our supply chain by increasing the amount of time between ordering third-party materials needed for our boats and their delivery. Delays in our supply chain could adversely impact our production and, in turn, our revenues. These disruptions may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Such adverse effect could be rapid and unexpected.

Fluctuations in currency exchange rates may significantly impact our results of operations.

Our operations are conducted in the United States and Canada, but approximately 95% of our sales and rentals for the nine-month period ended May 31, 2024, have occurred in the United States. As a result, we are exposed to an exchange rate risk between U.S. and Canadian dollars. The exchange rates between these currencies in recent years have fluctuated significantly and may continue to do so in the future. In our fiscal 2024, the monthly average exchange rate as published by the Bank of Canada ranged from a high of US$1.00:$1.3717 to a low of US$1.00:1.3425. An appreciation of the Canadian dollar against the U.S. dollar could increase the relative cost of our products outside of Canada, which could lead to decreased sales. Conversely, to the extent that we are required to pay for goods or services in U.S. dollars, the depreciation of the Canadian dollar against the U.S. dollar would increase the cost of such goods and services.

We do not hedge our currency exposure and, therefore, we incur currency transaction risk whenever we enter into either a purchase or sale transaction using a currency other than the Canadian dollar. Given the volatility of exchange rates, we might not be able to effectively manage our currency transaction risks, and volatility in currency exchange rates might have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

If we experience material weaknesses or otherwise fail to maintain an effective system of internal controls over financial reporting, we may not be able to accurately or timely report our financial condition or results of operations, which may adversely affect investor confidence in us and, as a result, the value of our common shares.

For our fiscal year ended August 31, 2023, we identified that we did not maintain effective processes and controls over the financial statement close process and accounting for and reporting of complex and non-routine transactions due to a material weakness. Specifically, we determined that there was a lack of sufficient accounting and finance personnel to enable appropriate level of internal controls within the financial statement close process, including performing in-depth analysis and review of complex accounting matters and non-routine transactions within the timeframes set by us for filing our consolidated financial statements. Because of this deficiency, we concluded there was a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis as of August 31, 2023. As of the date of this prospectus, we are working on remediating the identified material weakness.

If we fail to identify or remediate any current or future material weaknesses in our internal controls over financial reporting, if we are unable to conclude that our internal controls over financial reporting are effective or if our independent registered public accounting firm is unable to express an opinion as to the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting when we are no longer an emerging growth company, investors may lose confidence in the accuracy and completeness of our financial reports and the market price of our common shares could be negatively affected. As a result of such failures, we could also become subject to investigations by Nasdaq, the SEC or other regulatory authorities, and become subject to litigation from investors and shareholders, which could harm our reputation and financial condition or divert financial and management resources from our regular business activities.

Risks Related to Our Intellectual Property

If we fail to protect or enforce our intellectual property or confidential proprietary information relating to our current and any future engineered technologies, others could compete against us more directly and we may not be able to compete effectively in our market.

Our success depends in part on our ability to protect our intellectual property rights. We rely on a combination of trademarks, trade secrets, confidential proprietary information, patent rights and other intellectual property rights to protect our intellectual property. In addition, to protect our trade secrets, confidential information and other intellectual property rights, we have entered into confidentiality agreements with third parties, and confidential information and invention assignment agreements with employees, consultants and advisors. There can be no assurances that we will be able to enforce these agreements or alternatively, these agreements may be deemed to be unenforceable. If we cannot adequately protect or enforce our intellectual property rights, we may not be able to adequately compete, and our business and prospects could be adversely affected.

Certain of our technology may not be subject to protection through patents, which leaves us vulnerable to theft of our technology.

Certain parts of our know-how and technology are not patentable or are trade secrets. To protect our proprietary position in such know-how and technology, we have entered and intend to require all employees, consultants, advisors and collaborators to enter into confidentiality and invention ownership agreements with us. These agreements may not provide meaningful protection for our trade secrets, know-how or other proprietary information in the event of any unauthorized use or disclosure. Further, in the absence of patent protection, competitors who independently develop substantially equivalent technology may harm our business.

We may not be able to protect our proprietary technology, which could harm our ability to operate profitably.

The naval industries place considerable importance on obtaining patent and trade secret protection for new technologies, products and processes. Our success will depend, to a substantial degree, on our ability to obtain and enforce patent protection for our technologies, preserve any trade secrets and operate without infringing the proprietary rights of others. We cannot assure you that:

We are aware of certain patents that have been granted to others and certain patent applications that have been filed by others with respect to other naval technologies and the use of battery powered powerboats. The fields in which we operate have been characterized by significant efforts by competitors to establish dominant or blocking patent rights to gain a competitive advantage, and by considerable differences of opinion as to the value and legal legitimacy of competitors’ purported patent rights and the technologies they actually utilize in their businesses. As of the date of this prospectus, we have filed five (5) applications for patents with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, but such applications might be denied meaning that we could lose ownership of what we believe to be, proprietary technology relating to our E-Motion™ electric powertrain technology.

Patents held by other persons may result in infringement claims against us that are costly to defend and which may limit our ability to use the disputed technologies and prevent us from pursuing research and development or commercialization of potential electric powerboat products.

A number of other companies, universities and research institutions have filed patent applications or have been issued patents relating to electric propulsion, naval advancements, and other technologies potentially relevant to or required by our electric powerboats. We cannot predict which, if any, of such applications will issue as patents or the claims that might be allowed. We are aware that a number of companies have filed applications relating to similar technology we are seeking protection for.

If third party patents or patent applications contain claims infringed by either our licensed technology or other technology required to manufacture and use our technology and such claims are ultimately determined to be valid, we might not be able to obtain licenses to these patents at a reasonable cost, if at all, or be able to develop or obtain alternative technology. If we are unable to obtain such licenses at a reasonable cost, we may not be able to develop some powerboats commercially. We may be required to defend ourselves in court against allegations of infringement of third-party patents. Patent litigation is very expensive and could consume substantial resources and create significant uncertainties. An adverse outcome in such a suit could subject us to significant liabilities to third parties, require disputed rights to be licensed from third parties, or require us to cease using such technology.

Any patent applications that we file may not result in issued patents, which may have a material adverse effect on our ability to prevent others from interfering with our commercialization of our products

We have retained a patent lawyer to begin the process of filing patent applications for up to 24 patents related to our E-Motion™ electric powertrain system and as of the date of this prospectus, we have only completed five (5 ) patent applications. The registration and enforcement of patents involves complex legal and factual questions and the breadth and effectiveness of patented claims is uncertain. If we file patent applications in connection with our electric outboard powertrain systems or other matters, we cannot be certain that we will be first to file patent applications on those or other inventions, nor can we be certain that such patent applications will result in issued patents or that any of our issued patents will afford sufficient protection against someone creating competing products, or as a defensive portfolio against a competitor who claims that we are infringing its patents. In addition, patent applications filed in foreign countries are subject to laws, rules and procedures that differ from those of the United States, and thus we cannot be certain that foreign patent applications, if any, will result in issued patents in those foreign jurisdictions or that such patents can be effectively enforced, even if they relate to patents issued in the United States.

We have limited registered trademarks for our products and trade names

We have submitted applications for registered trademarks for our name and some of our brands, and, while such applications have been granted, not all of our brands currently have registered trademark protection. Any future trademark applications that we file with a relevant governmental authority for brand names/logos might not be approved. Failure to obtain such approval could limit our ability to use the brand names/logos in those territories or lead our products to be confused with, and/or tarnished by, competing products. Even if appropriate applications were made and approved, third parties may oppose or otherwise challenge such applications or registrations.

If our trademarks and trade names are not adequately protected, then we may not be able to build name recognition in our target markets and our business may be adversely affected.

Our registered or unregistered trademarks or trade names may be challenged, infringed, circumvented, declared generic or determined to be infringing on other marks. We may not be able to protect our rights in these trademarks and trade names, which we need in order to build name recognition with potential partners or customers in our target markets. If we are unable to establish name recognition based on our trademarks and trade names, then we may not be able to compete effectively, and our business may be adversely affected.

If we infringe or are alleged to infringe intellectual property rights of third parties, our business could be harmed.

Our research, development and commercialization activities may infringe or otherwise violate or be alleged to infringe or otherwise violate patents owned or controlled by other parties. Competitors in the field of naval technology and electric propulsion have developed large portfolios of patents and patent applications in fields relating to our business. Additionally, there may also be patent applications that have been filed but not published that, when issued as patents, could be asserted against us. These third parties could bring claims against us that would cause us to incur substantial expenses and, if successful against us, could cause us to pay substantial damages and/or we could be forced to stop or delay research, development, manufacturing or sales of the product or product candidate that is the subject of the suit. Further, if a patent infringement suit were brought against us, during the pendency of the litigation, we could be forced to stop or delay research, development, manufacturing or sales of the product or product candidate that is the subject of the suit.

We may be subject to damages resulting from claims that we or our employees have wrongfully used or disclosed alleged trade secrets of our competitors or are in breach of non-competition or non-solicitation agreements with our competitors.

We may employ individuals who were previously employed at universities or engineering companies, including our competitors or potential competitors. Although we try to ensure that our employees, consultants and independent contractors do not use the proprietary information or know-how of others in their work for us, and we are not currently subject to any claims that our employees, consultants or independent contractors have wrongfully used or disclosed confidential information of third parties, we may in the future be subject to such claims. Litigation may be necessary to defend against these claims. If we fail in defending any such claims, in addition to paying monetary damages, we may lose valuable intellectual property rights or personnel. Even if we are successful in defending against such claims, litigation could result in substantial costs and be a distraction to management and other employees.

We may need to license intellectual property from third parties, and such licenses may not be available or may not be available on commercially reasonable terms.

A third party may hold intellectual property, including patent rights that are important or necessary to the development of our electric powerboats. It may be necessary for us to use the patented or proprietary technology of third parties to further commercialize our electric powerboats, in which case we would be required to obtain a license from these third parties. There can be no assurance that such third parties will grant us the necessary licenses on commercially reasonable terms or at all. Failure to obtain such licenses on commercially reasonable terms could limit or eliminate our ability to develop or commercialize our current or future product candidates, which would have a negative impact on our business and results of operations.

Risks Related to our Common Shares and this Offering

The market price and liquidity of our common shares may be volatile and may fluctuate in a way that is disproportionate to our operating performance.

Our common shares began trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market in November 2020. From the date of the start of our last fiscal year to the date hereof, the highest closing price of our common shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market was US$56.55 and the lowest closing price was US$2.47. Additionally, the liquidity of our common shares may decrease, meaning that the demand for the purchase of our shares may not be at a level that allows for your sale at a desirable price or even the then market price if you wish to sell your common shares. The market value of our common shares and their liquidity will continue to fluctuate due to the impact of any or all of the following factors:

You will experience immediate and substantial dilution as a result of this offering.

You will incur immediate and substantial dilution as a result of this offering. After giving effect to the sale by us of 2,024,291 common shares at an assumed public offering price of US$2.47 per common share, excluding the exercise of the underwriter’s over-allotment option to purchase additional common shares and after deducting underwriting discounts, commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us, investors in this offering can expect an immediate dilution of $1.99 per common share on a pro forma as adjusted basis (see Dilution).

In addition, you may experience further dilution (i) if the underwriter exercises its over-allotment option to purchase additional common share, (ii) upon the exercise of the Underwriter’s Warrants issued to the underwriter, and (iii) upon the exercise of outstanding warrants, options, the conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares of the Company and the conversion of Series B Preferred Shares.

In addition to the dilution that you will experience in net tangible book value per share, you will experience economic and voting dilution as a result of this offering. The common shares being offered hereby (which includes any common shares underlying pre-funded warrants) represent approximately 138% of our currently issued and outstanding shares as of August 30, 2024.

There is no trading market for our pre-funded warrants.

Unlike our common shares, no trading market exists for our pre-funded warrants, and we do not intend to take steps to list our pre-funded warrants on any public exchange or quotation system. You should be prepared to only make a return on your investments in the pre-funded warrants if you exercise such warrants into common shares and then resell the shares at a price above the exercise price. The market price for our common shares might never be above the exercise price of such warrants. If you exercise such warrants, you might not be able to sell them for a price above which you bought them, if at all.

We have been notified by Nasdaq that we are not in compliance with certain standards which Nasdaq requires listed companies meet for their respective securities to continue to be listed and traded on its exchange. If we are unable to regain compliance with such continued listing requirements, Nasdaq may choose to delist our securities from its exchange or may subject us to additional restrictions, which may adversely affect the liquidity and trading price of our securities.

Our securities are currently listed on Nasdaq. On February 16, 2024, we received written notice (the “Notice”) from the Listing Qualifications Department of Nasdaq notifying us that, based on the closing bid price of our common shares for the last 30 consecutive trading days, we no longer complied with the minimum bid price requirement for continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market. Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(a)(1) requires listed securities to maintain a minimum bid price of US$1.00 per share (the “Minimum Bid Price Requirement”), and Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A) provides that a failure to meet the Minimum Bid Price Requirement exists if the deficiency continues for a period of 30 consecutive trading days. Pursuant to the Nasdaq Listing Rules, we were provided an initial compliance period of 180 calendar days to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement. To regain compliance, the closing bid price of the Common Shares had to be at least US$1.00 per share for a minimum of 10 consecutive trading days prior to August 14, 2024, and we must otherwise satisfy The Nasdaq Capital Market’s requirements for listing.

On August 15, 2024, we received a staff determination letter (the “Determination Letter”) from Nasdaq notifying us that we had not regained compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement by August 14, 2024, and are not eligible for a second 180-day period due to our failure to comply with the minimum stockholders’ equity initial listing requirement for The Nasdaq Capital Market. The Determination Letter has no immediate effect on the listing of the Company’s common shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market. We have filed a hearing request that automatically stays any suspension or delisting action pending the hearing and the expiration of any additional extension period granted by the Nasdaq Hearing Panel (the “Panel”) following the hearing. In that regard, pursuant to the Nasdaq Listing Rules, the Panel has the authority to grant an extension not to exceed 180 days from the date of the Determination Letter.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Panel might not grant the Company an additional extension period. Even if they do, we might never regain compliance with all applicable requirements for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market, and if that occurs are common shares will be delisted from Nasdaq. Such a delisting would likely have a negative effect on the liquidity and market price of our common shares and may impair your ability to sell or purchase our common shares when you wish to do so.

If Nasdaq delists our common shares from trading on its exchange and we are not able to list our common shares on another national securities exchange, our common shares may be quoted on an over-the-counter market. However, if this were to occur, we could face significant material adverse consequences, including:

As a result, an investor would likely find it more difficult to trade, or to obtain accurate price quotations for, our securities if our securities are de-listed from Nasdaq. Delisting would likely also reduce the visibility, liquidity and value of our securities, including as a result of reduced institutional investor interest in our company, and may increase the volatility of our securities.

Management will have broad discretion as to the use of the proceeds from this offering and may not use the proceeds effectively.

Our management will have broad discretion as to the use of the net proceeds from any offering by us and could use them for purposes other than those contemplated at the time of this offering. Accordingly, you will be relying on the judgment of our management with regard to the use of these net proceeds, and you will not have the opportunity, as part of your investment decision, to assess whether the proceeds are being used appropriately. It is possible that the proceeds will be invested in a way that does not yield a favorable, or any, return for our company.

We may not receive any additional funds upon the exercise of the pre-funded warrants.

Each pre-funded warrant may be exercised by way of a cashless exercise, meaning that the holder may not pay a cash purchase price upon exercise, but instead would receive upon such exercise the net number of common shares determined according to the formula set forth in the pre-funded warrants. Accordingly, we may not receive any additional funds upon the exercise of the pre-funded warrants. Even if the remainder of the exercise price on the pre-funded warrants, $0.001, is paid in cash, such payment will be nominal and will not improve our ability to fund operations.

Holders of pre-funded warrants purchased in this offering will have no rights as common shareholders until such holders exercise their pre-funded warrants and acquire our common shares.

Until holders of pre-funded warrants acquire common shares upon exercise of such warrants, holders of pre-funded warrants will have no rights with respect to the common shares underlying such pre-funded warrants. Upon exercise of the pre-funded warrants, the holders will be entitled to exercise the rights of a common shareholder only as to matters for which the record date occurs after the exercise date.

We do not intend to pay dividends, and there will thus be fewer ways in which you are able to make a gain on your investment.

We have never paid any cash or stock dividends, and we do not intend to pay any dividends for the foreseeable future. To the extent that we require additional funding currently not provided for in our financing plan, our funding sources may prohibit the payment of any dividends. Because we do not intend to declare dividends, any gain on your investment will need to result from an appreciation in the price of our common shares. There will therefore be fewer ways in which you are able to make a gain on your investment.

FINRA sales practice requirements may limit your ability to buy and sell our common shares, which could depress the price of our shares.

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) rules require broker-dealers to have reasonable grounds for believing that an investment is suitable for a customer before recommending that investment to the customer. Prior to recommending speculative low-priced securities to their non-institutional customers, broker-dealers must make reasonable efforts to obtain information about the customer’s financial status, tax status and investment objectives, among other things. Under interpretations of these rules, FINRA believes that there is a high probability such speculative low-priced securities will not be suitable for at least some customers. Thus, FINRA requirements may make it more difficult for broker-dealers to recommend that their customers buy our common shares, which may limit your ability to buy and sell our shares, have an adverse effect on the market for our shares and, thereby, depress their market prices.

Our shareholder Investissement Québec beneficially owns a significant number of our common shares. Their interests may conflict with our shareholders, who may be unable to influence management and exercise control over our business.

As of the date of this prospectus, Investissement Québec beneficially owns approximately 31% of our common shares through the deemed ownership of common shares and the common shares underlying both Series B  Preferred Shares and common warrants that it may convert at any time. As a result, should Investissement Québec convert Series B  Preferred Shares and common warrants into common shares, Investissement Québec may be able to control or influence the outcome of matters submitted to the shareholders for vote in a manner that may conflict with other of our shareholders. Accordingly, other shareholders may be unable to influence management and exercise control over our business.

Volatility in our common shares price may subject us to securities litigation.

The market for our common shares may have, when compared to seasoned issuers, significant price volatility, and we expect that our share price may continue to be more volatile than that of a seasoned issuer for the indefinite future. In the past, plaintiffs have often initiated securities class action litigation against a company following periods of volatility in the market price of its securities. We may, in the future, be the target of similar litigation. Securities litigation could result in substantial costs and liabilities and could divert management’s attention and resources.

We are a foreign private issuer within the meaning of the rules under the Exchange Act, and as such we are exempt from certain provisions applicable to United States domestic public companies.

We are a foreign private issuer within the meaning of the rules under the Exchange Act. As such, we are exempt from certain provisions applicable to United States domestic public companies. For example:

Our shareholders may not have access to certain information they may deem important and are accustomed to receiving from U.S. reporting companies.

Additionally, if we fail to retain our status as a foreign private issuer, we will be required to report as a domestic issuer in the United States. Such a requirement would require us, among other matters, to report our financial statements in U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Such an adjustment would require significant cost and would require our management to adapt to such U.S. domestic reporting standards with which they are not fully experienced.

As an “emerging growth company” under applicable law, we will be subject to lessened disclosure requirements. Such reduced disclosure may make our common shares less attractive to investors.

For as long as we remain an “emerging growth company”, as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”), we will elect to take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not “emerging growth companies”, including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. Because of these lessened regulatory requirements, our shareholders would be left without information or rights available to shareholders of more mature companies. If some investors find our common shares less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for such securities and their market prices may be more volatile.

We incur significant costs as a result of being a public company, which costs will grow after we cease to qualify as an “emerging growth company.”

We incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses as a public company that we did not incur as a private company. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, as well as rules subsequently implemented by the SEC and the Nasdaq Capital Market, impose various requirements on the corporate governance practices of public companies. We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the JOBS Act and will remain an emerging growth company until the earlier of (1) the last day of the fiscal year (a) following the fifth anniversary of the first sale of common equity securities pursuant to an effective registration statement, (b) in which we have total annual gross revenue of at least US$1.235 billion, or (c) in which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer, which means the market value of our common shares that is held by non-affiliates exceeds US$700 million as of the prior February 28^th, and (2) the date on which we have issued more than US$1.0 billion in non-convertible debt during the prior three-year period. An emerging growth company may take advantage of specified reduced reporting and other requirements that are otherwise applicable generally to public companies. These provisions include exemption from the auditor attestation requirement under Section 404 in the assessment of the emerging growth company’s internal control over financial reporting and permission to delay adopting new or revised accounting standards until such time as those standards apply to private companies.

Compliance with these rules and regulations increases our legal and financial compliance costs and makes some corporate activities more time-consuming and costly. After we are no longer an emerging growth company, we expect to incur significant expenses and devote substantial management effort toward ensuring compliance with the requirements of Section 404 and the other rules and regulations of the SEC. For example, as a public company, we have been required to increase the number of independent directors and adopt policies regarding internal controls and disclosure controls and procedures. We have incurred additional costs in obtaining director and officer liability insurance. In addition, we incur additional costs associated with our public company reporting requirements. It may also be more difficult for us to find qualified persons to serve on our Board of Directors or as executive officers. We are currently evaluating and monitoring developments with respect to these rules and regulations, and we cannot predict or estimate with any degree of certainty the amount of additional costs we may incur or the timing of such costs.

If we are, or were to become, a passive foreign investment company (a “PFIC”) for U.S. federal income tax purposes, U.S. investors in the offered securities would be subject to certain adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences.

In general, a non-U.S. corporation will be a PFIC for any taxable year if (i) 75% or more of its gross income consists of passive income or (ii) 50% or more of the average quarterly value of its assets consists of assets that produce, or are held for the production of, passive income. We do not expect to be a PFIC for our current taxable year or in the foreseeable future. However, there can be no assurance that we will not be considered a PFIC for any taxable year. If we were a PFIC for any taxable year during which a U.S. investor held offered securities, such investor would be subject to certain adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences, such as ineligibility for any preferred tax rates on capital gains or on actual or deemed dividends, an additional interest charge on certain taxes treated as deferred, and additional reporting requirements under U.S. federal income tax laws and regulations. If we are characterized as a PFIC, a U.S. investor may be able to make a “mark-to-market” election with respect to the offered securities that would alleviate some of the adverse consequences of PFIC status. Although U.S. tax rules also permit a U.S. investor to make a “qualified electing fund” election with respect to the shares of a non-U.S. corporation that is a PFIC if the non-U.S. corporation provides certain information to its investors, we do not currently intend to provide the information that would be necessary for a U.S. investor to make a valid “qualified electing fund” election with respect to the offered securities.

A possible “short squeeze” due to a sudden increase in demand of our common shares that largely exceeds supply may lead to price volatility in our common shares.

Following this offering, investors may purchase our common shares to hedge existing exposure in our common shares or to speculate on the price of our common shares. Speculation on the price of our common shares may involve long and short exposures. To the extent that aggregate short exposure exceeds the number of shares of our common shares available for purchase in the open market, investors with short exposure may have to pay a premium to repurchase our common shares for delivery to lenders of our common shares. Those repurchases may in turn, dramatically increase the price of our common shares until investors with short exposure are able to purchase additional common shares to cover their short position. This is often referred to as a “short squeeze.” A short squeeze could lead to volatile price movements in our common shares that are not directly correlated to the performance or prospects of our company and once investors purchase the common shares necessary to cover their short position the price of our common shares may decline.

SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This prospectus and the documents incorporated herein by reference contain statements that constitute “forward-looking statements”. Any statements that are not statements of historical facts may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. These statements appear in a number of different places in this prospectus and, in some cases, can be identified by words such as “anticipates”, “estimates”, “projects”, “expects”, “contemplates”, “intends”, “believes”, “plans”, “may”, “will”, or their negatives or other comparable words, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Forward-looking statements in this prospectus may include, but are not limited to, statements and/or information related to: strategy, future operations, projected production capacity, projected sales or rentals, projected costs, expectations regarding demand and acceptance of our products, availability of material components, trends in the market in which we operate, plans and objectives of management.

We believe that we have based our forward-looking statements on reasonable assumptions, estimates, analysis and opinions made in light of our experience and our perception of trends, current conditions and expected developments, as well as other factors that we believe to be relevant and reasonable in the circumstances at the date that such statements are made, but which may prove to be incorrect. Although management believes that the assumption and expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, we may have made misjudgments in preparing such forward-looking statements. Assumptions have been made regarding, among other things: our expected production capacity, labor costs and material costs, no material variations in the current regulatory environment and our ability to obtain financing as and when required and on reasonable terms. Readers are cautioned that the foregoing list is not exhaustive of all factors and assumptions which may have been used.

The forward-looking statements, including the statements contained in the sections entitled “Risk Factors”, “Description of Business” and elsewhere in this prospectus, are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These important factors include those that we discuss under the heading “Risk Factors” and in other sections of our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended August 31, 2023 (the “Annual Report”), including all amendments thereto, as filed with the SEC, as well as in our other reports filed from time to time with the SEC that are incorporated by reference into this prospectus. The forward-looking statements made herein and in the documents incorporated by reference herein relate only to events as of the date on which the statements are made.

Although management has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. Forward-looking statements might not prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements or we may have made misjudgments in the course of preparing the forward-looking statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. We wish to advise you that these cautionary remarks expressly qualify, in their entirety, all forward-looking statements attributable to our company or persons acting on our company’s behalf. We do not undertake to update any forward-looking statements to reflect actual results, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting such statements, except as, and to the extent required by, applicable securities laws. You should carefully review the cautionary statements and risk factors contained in this prospectus and other documents that we incorporate by reference herein in addition to those documents we may file from time to time with the SEC.

IMPLICATIONS OF BEING A FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

We are considered a foreign private issuer. In our capacity as a foreign private issuer, we are exempt from certain rules under the Exchange Act that impose certain disclosure obligations and procedural requirements for proxy solicitations under Section 14 of the Exchange Act. In addition, our officers, directors and principal shareholders are exempt from the reporting and "short-swing" profit recovery provisions of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules under the Exchange Act with respect to their purchases and sales of our securities. Moreover, we are not required to file periodic reports and financial statements with the SEC as frequently or as promptly as U.S. companies whose securities are registered under the Exchange Act. In addition, we are not required to comply with Regulation FD, which restricts the selective disclosure of material information.

We may take advantage of these exemptions until such time as we are no longer a foreign private issuer. We would cease to be a foreign private issuer at such time as more than 50% of our outstanding voting securities are held by U.S. residents and any of the following three circumstances applies: (1) the majority of our executive officers or directors are U.S. citizens or residents, (2) more than 50% of our assets are located in the United States or (3) our business is administered principally in the United States. The next date at which we will assess our status as a foreign private issuer is February 28, 2025, and if we deem that we are no longer a foreign private issuer, we will have to report as a U.S. domestic issuer beginning on September 1, 2025. Reporting as a U.S. domestic issuer will require significant expense and time of our management.

We have taken advantage of certain reduced reporting and other requirements in this prospectus. Accordingly, the information contained herein may be different than the information you receive from other public companies in which you hold equity securities.

IMPLICATIONS OF BEING AN EMERGING GROWTH COMPANY

The U.S. Congress passed the JOBS Act, which provides for certain exemptions from various reporting requirements applicable to reporting companies under the Exchange Act, that qualify as “emerging growth companies.” We are an “emerging growth company” and we will continue to qualify as an “emerging growth company” until the earliest to occur of: (a) the last day of the fiscal year during which we have total annual gross revenues of US$1.235 billion (as such amount is indexed for inflation every five years by the SEC) or more; (b) the last day of our fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the date of the first sale of our common equity securities pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act; (c) the date on which we have, during the previous three-year period, issued more than US$1.0 billion in non-convertible debt; or (d) the date on which we are deemed to be a “large accelerated filer”, as defined in Exchange Act Rule 12b–2. Therefore, we expect to continue to be an emerging growth company until August 31, 2026.

An emerging growth company may take advantage of specified reduced reporting and other burdens that are otherwise applicable generally to public companies. These provisions include:

We may take advantage of these provisions until the last day of our fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the date of the first sale of our common equity securities pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or such earlier time that we are no longer an emerging growth company. We would cease to be an emerging growth company if we have more than US$1.235 billion in annual revenue, have more than US$700 million in market value of our common shares held by non-affiliates or issue more than US$1 billion of non-convertible debt over a three-year period.

USE OF PROCEEDS

We estimate that the net proceeds from this offering will be approximately US$5,000,000 assuming the sale of all of the common shares in this offering (and assuming we do not sell pre-funded warrants in this offering), after deducting the estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us, based on as the assumed public offering price of US$2.47 per common share. If the underwriter exercises its over-allotment option in full, we estimate that the net proceeds to us from this offering will be approximately US$4,581,097, after deducting the estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. US$100,000 of the foregoing net proceeds from this offering may be used for payment to Joseph Gunnar & Co. LLC (“JGUN”) for its agreement to waive, for all purposes and in perpetuity, a “tail” and right of first refusal pursuant to that certain letter agreement dated December 13, 2023, by and between JGUN and the Company (the “Letter Agreement”). Pursuant to that waiver by JGUN, the Company must provide such payment upon the closing of a financing, such as the offering contained in this registration statement. The conditional waiver made pursuant to that Letter Agreement expires August 31, 2024, unless such waiver is made effective earlier.

We expect to use the net proceeds from this offering for working capital and other general corporate purposes and prosecuting patent applications relating to our E-Motion™ electric powertrain technology. We may also use a portion of the net proceeds from this offering for acquisitions or strategic investments in complementary businesses or technologies, however as of the date of this prospectus, no acquisition targets have been identified. We have not allocated specific amounts of net proceeds for any of these purposes.

Each US$0.10 increase (decrease) in the assumed public offering price of US$2.47 per common share would increase (decrease) net proceeds to us by approximately US$187,247 or US$215,334 if the underwriter exercises its over-allotment option in full, assuming the number of common shares we sell, as set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, remains the same, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and the estimated offering expenses payable by us. Similarly, each increase (decrease) of 100,000 common shares offered by us would increase (decrease) the net proceeds to us by US$228,475 assuming the assumed public offering price remains the same and before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions.

DIVIDEND POLICY

To date, we have not paid any dividends on our outstanding common shares. The future payment of dividends will depend upon our financial requirements to fund further growth, our financial condition and other factors which our Board of Directors may consider in the circumstances. We do not contemplate paying any dividends in the immediate or foreseeable futures.

CAPITALIZATION AND INDEBTEDNESS

The following table sets forth our unaudited capitalization as of May 31, 2024:

Shares outstanding prior to the offering is based on 1,470,135 common shares outstanding as of August 30, 2024, and excludes:

DILUTION

If you invest in the securities in this offering, your ownership interest will be immediately diluted to the extent of the difference between the offering price per common share included in the securities and the net tangible book value per common share after this offering. Dilution results because the offering price per common share included in the securities is substantially in excess of the book value per common share attributable to the existing shareholders for our presently outstanding common shares.

Net tangible book value represents the amount of our total consolidated tangible assets, which represent the amount of our total consolidated assets, excluding intangible assets, less total consolidated liabilities. Our historical net tangible book value as of May 31, 2024 was $1,607,452 in deficit, or $1.95 per common share. Our historical net tangible book value is the amount of our total tangible assets less our liabilities. Historical net tangible book value per common share is our historical net tangible book value divided by the number of outstanding common share as of May 31, 2024, adjusted for the 1 for 15 reverse stock split which occurred on August 22 , 2024.

After giving effect to the issuance of 645,096 common shares since June 1, 2024 and the extinguishment of approximately $1.0 million of liabilities in connection with such issuances (the “Post-May 31, 2024 Issuances”), our pro forma net tangible book value as of May 31, 2024 would have been approximately $0.6 million in deficit, or approximately -$0.41 per common share, based on 1,470,135 shares of common stock outstanding on a pro forma basis.

After giving effect to the Post-May 31, 2024 Issuances and the additional proceeds we will receive from this offering and the shares to be issued in connection therewith, our pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value as of May 31, 2024 would have been approximately $4.7 million, or approximately $1.34 per common share, based on 3,494,426 shares of common stock outstanding on a pro forma as adjusted basis.

Dilution is determined by subtracting pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value per shares from the assumed offering price of US$2.47 per common share (or $3.33 converted into Canadian dollars at US$1.00 = $1.3491, the high US$ to CAD exchange rate on August 30, 2024 as reported by the Bank of Canada) which is the last reported sale price of our common share on Nasdaq on August 30, 2024, and after deducting the underwriter’s fees and estimated offering expenses payable by us.

Without taking into account any other changes in net tangible book value after May 31, 2024 other than to give effect to the Post-May 31, 2024 Issuances and the sale of the common shares offered in this offering, at an assumed offering price of US$2.47, which is the reported sale price of our common share on Nasdaq on August 30, 2024, after deducting the underwriter’s fees and estimated offering expenses payable by us and assuming the sales of all of the securities we are offering and no exercise of the pre-funded warrants, our pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value as of May 31, 2024 would have been approximately $5.0 million, or $1.42 per common share (or $5.9 million or $1.55 per common share, if the over-allotment option is exercised in full). This represents an immediate increase in net tangible book value of $1.62 per common share to the existing shareholders (or $1.76 if the over-allotment option is exercised in full) and an immediate dilution in net tangible book value of $1.91 per common share to investors purchasing securities in this offering (or $1.79 if the over-allotment option is exercised in full). The following table illustrates such dilution: The following table illustrates this dilution (excluding the exercise of the over-allotment option):

The pro forma as adjusted information is illustrative only, and we will adjust this information based on the actual offering price and other terms of this offering determined at pricing. The tables and discussion above are based on a total of 1,470,135 common shares issued and outstanding as of August 30, 2024.

To the extent that we issue additional common shares in the future, there will be further dilution to new investors participating in this offering.

COMPANY INFORMATION

History and Development of the Company

We were incorporated pursuant to the Business Corporations Act on August 27, 2012, under the name Riopel Marine Inc. On April 23, 2020, we changed our name to Vision Marine Technologies Inc. and our principal activity is the design, development and manufacturing of electric outboard powertrain systems and power boats and the renting of electric boats. We have five wholly-owned subsidiaries.

Our registered agent in the United States is Corporation Service Company. The address of Corporation Service Company is 251 Little Falls Drive, Wilmington, DE 19808.

Our principal executive offices are located at 730 Boulevard du Curé-Boivin, Boisbriand, Quebec J7G 2A7, Canada. Our phone number is 450-951-7009. Our website address is https://visionmarinetechnologies.com. The information contained on, or that can be accessed through, our website is not part of this prospectus. We have included our website address in this prospectus solely as an inactive textual reference.

BUSINESS OVERVIEW

General

We are in the business of designing and manufacturing electric outboard powertrain systems, power boats and related technology and the renting of electric boats. We believe that our electric outboard powertrain systems are significantly more efficient and powerful than those currently being offered in the market today. In particular, we have recorded powertrain efficiencies of more than 96%, well above the 54% efficiency that we recorded for our principal competitor’s product. Increases in powertrain efficiency allow for more power and range, both of which are highly desirable characteristics for consumers in the marketplace. Although our primary focus is on electric outboard powertrain technology, we will continue to design, manufacture and sell our high-performance, fully-electric boats to commercial and retail customers. According to Allied Market Research, the global electric boat market will reach US$16.6 billion in 2031 up significantly from US$5 billion in 2021, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 12.9% from 2022 to 2031.

We have developed our first fully-electric outboard powertrain system that combines an advanced battery pack, inverter, high-efficiency motor with proprietary union assembly between the transmission and the electric motor design and extensive control software. Our technologies used in this powertrain system are designed to improve the efficiency of the outboard powertrain and, as a result, increase range and performance. We believe our approach in marketing and selling our powertrain technology to boat designers and manufacturers will enable us to leverage their distribution and servicing systems with minimal capital outlay. We expect our core intellectual property contained within our outboard electric powertrain systems to form the foundation for our future growth and for such systems to represent the majority of our revenue.

We continue to manufacture hand-crafted, highly durable, low maintenance, environmentally-friendly electric recreational powerboats. In our last two fiscal years 2023 and 2022, we manufactured 46 and 58 powerboats, respectively. We sell powerboats to retail customers and operators of rental fleets of powerboats through which we seek to build brand awareness. We intend to continue to build brand awareness by partnering with marina operators to offer rental fleets of electric boats. We conduct our transactions directly to customers through our website or through a network of marinas, distributors and show rooms.

In an effort to improve air quality and protect local water habitats, cities and local municipalities are beginning to ban or restrict the use of gasoline- and diesel-powered boats from local waterways, lakes and rivers. For example, Teal Lake in Michigan, USA, bans the use of standard powerboat motors fueled by gasoline or diesel. This trend is beginning to take hold in other parts of the United States, including Washington state, which has provided clear examples of the harm that gasoline products cause on local waterways, and New Hampshire, where the Department of Safety has published restrictions on the use of gasoline and diesel-powered boats across its state.

Intellectual Property

We regard our trademarks, patents, and technological know-how, proprietary technologies and other intellectual properties as critical to our success and competitiveness. We rely on a combination of patent and trademark law, trade secret protection, confidentiality agreements with employees and contractual restrictions on intellectual property and confidentiality clauses in our agreements with third parties to protect our intellectual property rights. In addition, under the agreements we enter into with our employees and consultants, they acknowledge that the intellectual property made by them in connection with their employment or consultancy with us is our property. We also regularly monitor any infringement or misappropriation of our intellectual property rights. We do not know whether any of our patent applications will result in the issuance of patents or whether the examination process will require us to narrow our claims. Even if granted, these pending patent applications might not provide us with adequate protection.

Patents

Below is a table, with footnotes, that includes our United States patent applications as of August 30, 2024:

Trademarks

We filed trademark applications with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for our logo and the brand name “E-Motion”. We operate under the trade name “VISION MARINE TECHNOLOGIES”, but neither this name nor any of the names of the models of our boats are currently registered trademarks.

This prospectus contains references to trademarks and service marks belonging to other entities. Solely for convenience, trademarks and trade names referred to in this prospectus may appear without the ® or TM symbols, but such references are not intended to indicate, in any way, that we will not assert, to the fullest extent possible under applicable law, our rights to these trademarks and trade names. We do not intend our use or display of other companies’ trade names, trademarks or service marks to imply a relationship with, or endorsement or sponsorship of us by, any other companies.

Trademarks

We own or have filed the following United States trademark applications as of August 30, 2024, as noted below:

We own or have filed the following Canadian trademark applications as of August 30, 2024, as noted below:

Legal Proceedings

We are not involved in, or aware of, any legal or administrative proceedings contemplated or threatened against us by any governmental authority or any other party that would have a material adverse effect upon our company. As of the date of this prospectus, no director, officer or affiliate is a party adverse to us in any legal proceeding or has an adverse interest to us in any legal proceeding.

Employees

As of August 31, 2024, we employed a total of 20 people full-time. All of our employees were employed at our principal executive offices in Boisbriand, Québec, Newport, California and Fort Lauderdale, Florida. None of our employees are covered by a collective bargaining agreement.

The breakdown of full-time employees by main category of activity is as follows:

Property, Plant and Equipment

Our manufacturing and office space is located in Boisbriand, Quebec, just outside of Montreal. This space is located in three adjacent units each under a separate lease with a related party. For details related to that transaction, please see “Related-Party Transactions”.

The first lease is for approximately 4,100 square feet, has a monthly rent of approximately $5,400 and expires on March 31, 2027. The second lease is for approximately 4,100 square feet, has a monthly rent of approximately $5,400 and expires on March 31, 2027. The third lease is for approximately 16,800 square feet, has a monthly rent of approximately $21,700 and expires on March 31, 2027. We consider our office and manufacturing space sufficient to meet our current needs and our needs for at least the next 12 months.

We lease a kiosk and three slips for our rental business at the Ventura Portside Marina in Ventura, California. In exchange for use of the space and common areas in the facility, we pay a monthly rent of approximately US$3,500. The lease expires in October 2024 and may be renewed at our discretion for an additional two-year period.

On October 1, 2021, we entered into a lease agreement with the developers of Waves at Dania Beach, Florida to rent office space as well as slip space for twenty-five electric boats, for monthly rent of approximately US$10,000, which lease expires on October 1, 2027. Monthly rent is payable upon the completion of the Dania Beach, Florida development, which as of the date of this prospectus is anticipated to be completed by February 2025.

We do not own any real property and do not lease any other properties.

DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

Board of Directors

Our Articles of Incorporation are attached as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. Our Articles of Incorporation provide that our company shall have a minimum of one (1) and a maximum of ten (10) directors.

Our Board of Directors (the “Board”) consists of five directors. Four of our five directors satisfy the “independence” requirements of Rule 5605(a)(2) of the Listing Rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market and meet the independence standards under Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act. Our directors are elected annually at each annual meeting of our company’s shareholders. The Board assesses potential Board candidates to fill perceived needs on the Board for required skills, expertise, independence and other factors.

Our Board of Directors is responsible for appointing our company’s officers.

Board Committees

On November 27, 2020, we established three committees under the Board of Directors: an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee and a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Each committee is governed by a charter approved by our Board of Directors.

Audit Committee

Our Audit Committee consists of Steve P. Barrenechea, Dr. Philippe Couillard and Luisa Ingargiola and is chaired by Ms. Ingargiola. Each member of the Audit Committee satisfies the “independence” requirements of Rule 5605(a)(2) of the Listing Rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market and meets the independence standards under Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act. Our Audit Committee Financial Expert is Luisa Ingargiola who qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” within the meaning of the SEC rules and possesses financial sophistication within the meaning of the Listing Rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market. The Audit Committee oversees our accounting and financial reporting processes and the audits of the financial statements of our company. The Audit Committee is responsible for, among other things:

Compensation Committee

Our Compensation Committee consists of Anthony Cassella, Steve P. Barrenechea and Luisa Ingargiola and is chaired by Mr. Barrenechea. Each of the Compensation Committee members satisfies the “independence” requirements of Rule 5605(a)(2) of the Listing Rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market. Our Compensation Committee assists the board in reviewing and approving the compensation structure, including all forms of compensation relating to our directors and executive officers. No officer may be present at any committee meeting during which such officer’s compensation is deliberated upon. The Compensation Committee is responsible for, among other things:

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee consists of Dr. Philippe Couillard, Luisa Ingargiola and Steve P. Barrenechea and is chaired by Dr. Couillard. Each member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee satisfies the “independence” requirements of Rule 5605(a)(2) of the Listing Rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is responsible for overseeing the selection of persons to be nominated to serve on our Board of Directors. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee considers persons identified by its members, management, shareholders, investment bankers and others.

Directors and Executive Officers

The following table sets forth the names and ages of all of our directors and executive officers.

Business Experience

The following summarizes the occupation and business experience during the past five years or more for our directors, and executive officers as of the date of this prospectus:

Alexandre Mongeon, -- Chief Executive Officer and Director

Alexandre Mongeon has been employed by us since 2014 as our Chief Executive Officer and is a director of our company. From 1999 to 2015, he imported high-performance boats from the United States to Canada. During much of the time between 1999 to 2016, he also worked as a designer and contractor for 91340489 QC and managed several new construction projects on the waterfront in and around Montreal. Mr. Mongeon is a graduate of the School of Construction in Laval, Quebec with a specialization in electricity.

Xavier Montagne, -- Chief Technology Officer and Chief Operating Officer

Prior to joining us, Xavier Montagne was the CEO of Mac Engineering from 2015 to 2021. In the past six years, he has helped develop 12 marine prototypes and concept-cars. While there, Mr. Montagne was the electric powerline architect of the Renault Trezor Concept-car (reward of the best concept-car of the world in 2016), the technical designer of the Zoe E-sport race car driven by Alain Prost during Formula-E races 2016-2019, the real-time system expert for Defense Department (Agenium simulator, Thalès cameras, NATO Awacs Cobham scrambler), The Senior designer in low and high voltage batteries Forsee Power, SAFT, Renault and Peugeot in Europe, a power electric architect for Danfoss and Dana based projects, the technical supervisor for Rally Raid and Dakar race teams (France & NL) and the electric architect of the first 18-ton fully electric truck with 2-speed gearbox (Fábrica Nacional de Motores). Mr. Montagne received an electronic engineer diploma from Institut de Formation d'Ingénieurs en Techniques Électroniques de Paris.

Raffi Sossoyan, -- Chief Financial Officer

Raffi Sossoyan is a chartered professional accountant with over 25 years of multinational and multidisciplinary experience in various aspects of the accounting, finance, treasury, risk management and taxation functions. Prior to joining us, Mr. Sossoyan held positions with Velan, Inc., a Canadian multinational company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) from January 2010 to August 2018, and again from August 2021 to October 2023. At Velan Inc., Mr. Sossoyan most recently served as the Vice President of Corporate Treasury where he managed financial operations. Additionally, Mr. Sossoyan served as CFO at Valtech Fabrication, Inc. from 2018 to 2021 where he helped to drive worldwide sales. Since 2013, Mr. Sossoyan served on the board of directors of the Canadian Armenian Business Council, a non-profit corporation that serves and promotes the Armenian business community and all of its professionals in the Canadian and North American markets.

Steve P. Barrenechea -- Director

Steve Barrenechea is an accomplished entrepreneur and advisor, with over 30 years of primary hands on expertise covering the hospitality and renewable and alternative energy industries, with a focus on electric vehicles and battery technologies. Mr. Barrenechea has held numerous senior management and primary consulting positions with both public and private companies throughout his career, with particular emphasis in corporate governance, directorships, corporate development, investor relations, and early stage operations. He has in the past sat on the Board of Directors of The Creative Coalition (sponsors discussion of issues such as education policy, the role of media, campaign reform), Child Guidance Center of Connecticut, and The American Red Cross. Mr. Barrenechea holds a BBA in Economics from The Stern School, New York University.

Luisa Ingargiola -- Director

Luisa Ingargiola has served as Chief Financial Officer of Avalon GloboCare since 2017. From 2007 to 2016, Ms. Ingargiola served as Chief Financial Officer of MagneGas Corporation (and board member from 2016 to June 2018). Ms. Ingargiola currently serves as board member and audit committee chair of FTE Networks and ElectraMeccanica Vehicles Corp. She also serves as a board member for Globe Photos, Inc., Operation Transition Assistance Corporation and The JBF Foundation Worldwide. Ms. Ingargiola received her Bachelors of Science from Boston University and her Masters of Business Administration from the University of Florida.

Dr. Phillipe Couillard -- Director

From 2014 to 2018, Dr. Couillard served as the 31st Premier (First Minister) of Quebec. Prior to that, Dr. Couillard served as the Minister of Health for the province of Quebec from 2003 to 2008. Dr. Couillard also served as a Member of the National Assembly from 2003 to 2008 and from 2013 to 2018. Dr. Couillard is currently a member of various boards of directors, including the boards of the Atlantic Salmon Federation (2020-present), and Carebook Technologies Inc. (2020-present) (TSX-V: CRBK.V). Dr. Couillard was previously a member of the board of directors of the Canadian Cancer Society (2019-2023). Dr. Couillard began his career practicing neurosurgery internationally from 1985 to 2003. Dr. Couillard served as Chief Surgeon in the Department of Neurosurgery at the Hôpital Saint-Luc in Montréal from 1989 to 1992 and was chairman of surgery at the University of Sherbrooke from 1996 to 2003. Dr. Couillard also co-founded the Dhahran Department of Neurosurgery in Saudi Arabia, where he practiced from 1992 to 1996. Dr. Couillard received his medical degree in 1979 and completed his specialty training in neurosurgery in 1985 at the Université de Montréal.

Anthony E. Cassella, Jr. -- Director

Mr. Cassella was appointed as the Executive Vice President Finance and Chief Accounting Officer of MarineMax, Inc. (NYSE: HZO) in February 2023. Over his 26-year career with MarineMax, Inc., Mr. Cassella has served in numerous positions including since February 2016 as Vice President of MarineMax, and since October 2014 as Chief Accounting Officer at which time he was appointed by MarineMax as an executive officer. Among his responsibilities at MarineMax, Mr. Cassella oversees key functions including finance, mergers and acquisitions, accounting, inventory, and treasury matters.

Executive Compensation for Our 2024 Fiscal Year  

Executive Officers

The following table sets forth all annual and long-term compensation for services in all capacities to our Company during the fiscal periods indicated in respect of the executive officers set out below:

Directors

The following table sets forth the value of all compensation paid to the directors, excluding Alexandre Mongeon and Patrick Bobby who are paid as officers and not as directors, during the fiscal years ended August 31, 2024 and 2023:

New Executive Compensation Arrangements

In our 2024 fiscal year, we entered into an Executive Compensation Agreement with our Chief Financial Officer and amended the Executive Compensation Agreement that we entered into with our Chief Executive Officer.

Executive Compensation Agreement with Mr. Sossoyan

On March 1, 2024, we entered into an Executive Compensation Agreement with Raffi Sossoyan, our Chief Financial Officer (the “Sossoyan Agreement”), which replaced our prior Employment Agreement with him of September 2023. Pursuant to the terms and provisions of the Sossoyan Agreement: (a) Mr. Sossoyan is appointed as our Chief Financial Officer and will undertake and perform the duties and responsibilities normally and reasonably associated with such office; (b) we shall pay to Mr. Sossoyan a gross annual net salary of $260,000 (the “Annual Base Salary”); (c) pay Mr. Sossoyan a signing bonus of $50,000 payable in our common shares conditional upon his remaining in our service for a minimum of 12 months, (d) provide Mr. Sossoyan with employee benefits, if and when such benefits have been adopted by us, including group health insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, travel accident insurance, group life insurance, short-term disability insurance, long-term disability insurance, drug coverage and dental coverage (the “Group Benefits”); (e) Mr. Sossoyan is eligible to receive a discretionary bonus of up to 25% of his Annual Base Salary; and (e) Mr. Sossoyan will be entitled to five weeks’ paid annual vacation per calendar year.

We may terminate the employment of Mr. Sossoyan under the Sossoyan Agreement without any notice or any payment in lieu of notice for a serious reason. Mr. Sossoyan may terminate his employment under the Sossoyan Agreement for any reason by providing not less than 60 calendar days’ notice in writing to us, provided, however, that we may waive or abridge any notice period specified in such notice in our sole and absolute discretion.

The employment of Mr. Sossoyan will terminate upon the death of Mr. Sossoyan. Upon the death of Mr. Sossoyan during the continuance of the Sossoyan Agreement, we will provide Mr. Sossoyan’s estate with (a) payment of any unpaid portion of his Annual Base Salary through the date of his death and (b) payment of any fully vested but unpaid rights as required by the terms of any bonus or other incentive pay plan or any other employee benefit plan or program.

Amended Executive Compensation Agreement with Mr. Mongeon

On February 27, 2024, we entered into an Amending Agreement to the Executive Compensation Agreement with Alexandre Mongeon, our Chief Executive Officer (the “Amending Agreement”) which was originally entered into on March 1, 2021. In addition to maintaining the terms and provisions of the original Executive Compensation Agreement, the Amending Agreement provides to Mr. Mongeon share-based compensation of up to 40,000 restricted common shares of the Company conditional upon the Company achieving certain levels of market capitalization value for a 21-day period, starting at $100,000,000. The Amending Agreement also provides Mr. Mongeon with up to $750,000 in cash bonuses conditional upon the Company achieving certain levels of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization in a fiscal year, starting at $10,000,000.

Family Relationships

There are no family relationships among any of our directors and executive officers.

Term of Office

Each director of our company is to serve for a term of one year ending on the date of the subsequent annual meeting of shareholders following the annual meeting at which such director was elected. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each director is to serve until his successor is elected and qualified or until his death, resignation or removal. Our Board of Directors appoints our officers and each officer is to serve until his successor is appointed and qualified or until his or her death, resignation or removal.

Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings

During the past ten years, none of our directors or executive officers have been the subject of the following events:

Director Independence

Our Board has determined that the following directors are “independent” within the meaning of the corporate governance standards of Nasdaq Rule 5605 and meet the criteria for independence set forth in Rule 10A-3 of the Exchange Act: Anthony E. Cassella, Jr., Steve P. Barrenechea, Luisa Ingargiola and Dr. Phillipe Couillard. As such directors do not have a direct or indirect material relationship with our company. A material relationship is a relationship which could, in the view of our Board of Directors, be reasonably expected to interfere with the exercise of a director’s independent judgment.

Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

We have adopted a Code of Conduct and Ethics that applies to our directors, officers and other employees.

PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

The following table sets forth certain information regarding the beneficial ownership of our common shares as of August 30, 2024 by (a) each shareholder who is known to us to own beneficially 5% or more of our outstanding common shares; (b) all our directors; (c) all our executive officers, and (d) all our executive officers and directors as a group. Except as otherwise indicated, all persons listed below have (i) sole voting power and investment power with respect to their common shares, except to the extent that authority is shared by spouses under applicable law, and (ii) record and beneficial ownership with respect to their common shares.

The information as to shares beneficially owned, not being within our knowledge, has been furnished by each of our officers and directors, all directors and executive officers as a group, and each person who is known to us to own beneficially more than 5% of our common shares.

As of August 30, 2024, we had outstanding 2,350 Series A Preferred Shares. The table above does not reflect any common shares underlying such securities as the security holders are barred from converting or exercising such securities if doing so would result in the security holder beneficially owning 4.99% of our outstanding common shares.

As of August 30, 2024, we had outstanding (i) 3,000 Series B Preferred Shares, and (ii) 190,477 common warrants issued in connection with such Series B Preferred Shares.

As of August 30, 2024 , there were 20 holders of record of our common shares in the United States.

RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS

In addition to employment and consulting agreements described elsewhere in this prospectus,  the following summarizes those of transactions since December 31, 2020 to which we have been a participant in which the amount involved exceeded or will exceed $25,000, and in which any of our directors, executive officers or who beneficial owners of our common shares who own more than 10% of our common shares or any member of the immediate family of any of the foregoing persons had or will have a direct or indirect material interest:

The following advances from related parties are non-interest bearing and have no specified terms of repayment. As of May 31, 2024, the amounts due to and from related parties are as follows:

The following table summarizes our related party transactions for the years ended August 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021 and for the nine-month period ended May 31, 2024:

The Company leases its Boisbriand premises from California Electric Boat Company Inc., an entity controlled by Alexandre Mongeon with a right-of-use of assets as at August 31, 2023 of $1,270,955 (August 31, 2022 – $889,866) and a lease liability of $1,395,732 (August 31, 2022 – $971,399).

MATERIAL CHANGES

Except as otherwise described in our Annual Report on Form 20-F and Form 20-F/A for the year ended August 31, 2023, filed on November 29, 2023 and April 5, 2024 respectively, in our Reports on Form 6-K filed or submitted under the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference herein and as disclosed in this prospectus, no reportable material changes have occurred since August 31, 2023.

MARKET FOR OUR SECURITIES

Our common shares are presently quoted on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “VMAR”. As of August 30, 2024, the last reported sale price of our common share on the Nasdaq Capital Market was US$2.47 per share. The market for our common shares is limited and may become volatile and sporadic. There is no market for our pre-funded warrants, and we do not intend to apply for or create any such market for such pre-funded warrants.

Holders

As of August 30, 2024, the registrar and transfer agent for our common shares reported that there were 1,470,135 common shares issued and outstanding. 207,208 of our common shares were registered to 16 shareholders in Canada, one of which is CDS & Co., which is a nominee of the Canadian Depository for Securities Limited. 1,022,853 of our common shares were registered to residents of the United States, including 664,483 shares registered to CEDE & Co., which is a nominee of the Depository Trust Company.

Dividends

We have not declared any common share dividends to date. We have no present intention of paying any cash dividends on our common shares in the foreseeable future, as we intend to use earnings, if any, to generate growth. The payment by us of dividends, if any, in the future, is within the discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend upon, among other things, our earnings, capital requirements and financial condition, as well as other relevant factors. There are no material restrictions in our Articles of Incorporation and By-laws that restrict us from declaring dividends. 

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF OUR COMPANY

Our company was incorporated under the laws of the Province of Québec, Canada on August 27, 2012, under the name Riopel Marine, Inc. We amended our Articles of Incorporation on April 22, 2020, to change our name to Vision Marine Technologies Inc. and filed certificates of amendment on January 20, 2020 to modify classes of common shares, and on (i) September 30, 2022, (ii) December 13, 2023, and (iii) January 15, 2024, to create new classes of preferred shares. The following is a description of certain sections of our Articles of Incorporation, as amended, and as modified by our By-laws.

Remuneration of Directors

Our directors are entitled to remuneration for acting as directors as the directors may from time to time determine. Unless otherwise provided for in a unanimous shareholder’s agreement, the board Directors fixes, from time to time, by resolution, the remuneration of the directors. In addition, the Board of Directors may, by resolution, grant special compensation to a director who performs a specific or additional mandate on behalf of the Company. Directors also have the right to be reimbursed for travel expenses and all reasonable costs and expenses incurred in the exercise of their duties.

Number of Directors

Our Articles of Incorporation provide for a minimum of one and a maximum of ten directors. The Board is composed of the fixed number of directors, between these minimum and maximum numbers, determined by resolution of the Board, or failing that by shareholder resolution.  An amendment to the Articles of Incorporation which reduces the number of directors does not end the mandate of the directors in office.

Directors

Our directors are elected each year at the annual shareholders’ meeting. The election of a director is made by plurality of votes; the candidates who collect the greatest number of votes are elected in descending order, up to the number of positions to be filled. Our Articles provide that the Board may, between annual meetings, appoint one or more additional directors to serve until the next annual meeting, but the number of additional directors must not at any time exceed the fixed or maximum number of directors provided for by the Articles of Incorporation.

Authorized Capital

Our Certificate of Incorporation, as amended by our Articles of Amendment, provides that our authorized capital consists of two classes of shares, (1) an unlimited number of common shares without par value, issuable in four series, of which an unlimited number are designated as voting common shares – Series Founder, an unlimited number are designated as voting common shares – Series Investor 1, an unlimited number are designated as voting common shares – Series Investor 2 and an unlimited number are designated as non-voting common shares; (2) an unlimited number of preferred shares without par value, issuable in one (1) or more series, each series to consist of such number of shares as may before issuance thereof be determined by the directors and holders of Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive from the amounts which the Company may set aside for the payment of dividends; (3) 6,000 Series A Preferred Shares with a stated value of US$1,000 per share and are convertible into common shares at the election of the holder of the Series A Preferred Shares at any time at a price of US$4.50 per share, subject to adjustment. The Series A Preferred Shares rank senior to the common shares but retain no voting rights and are convertible at the election of a holder into that number of common shares determined by dividing the series A stated value (plus any and all other amounts which may be owing in connection therewith) by the Set Price, subject to certain beneficial ownership limitations which prohibit any holder from converting into an amount of common shares that would cause such holder to beneficially own more than 4.99% of the then outstanding common shares). On the one-year anniversary of the original issuance date, the Series A Preferred Shares will automatically convert into common shares at the lesser of: (y) the then Set Price and (z) 80% of the volume-weighted average price of our common shares during the five trading days ending on, and including, such date; and (4) 3,000 Series B Preferred Shares with a stated value of US$1,000 per share and are convertible into common shares at the election of the holder of Series B Preferred Shares at any time at a price of US$4.50 per share, subject to adjustment. The Series B Preferred Shares rank senior to the common shares but retain no voting rights and are convertible at the election of a holder into that number of common shares determined by dividing the Series B Stated Value (plus any and all other amounts which may be owing in connection therewith) by the Series B Set Price. On the one-year anniversary of the original issuance date, the Series B Preferred Shares will automatically convert into common shares at the lesser of: (y) the then Series B Set Price and (z) 80% of the volume-weighted average price of our common shares during the five trading days ending on, and including, such date.

Rights, Preferences and Restrictions Attaching to Our Shares

Our voting common shares, subject to the Business Corporations Act, are entitled to the following rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to our voting common shares:

Our non-voting common shares, subject to the Business Corporations Act, are entitled to the following rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to our non-voting common shares:

Our preferred shares as of the date of this prospectus, inclusive of our Series A Preferred Shares and Series B Preferred Shares, subject to the Business Corporations Act, are entitled to the following rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions: