As filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on January 22, 2025
Registration No. 333-284205
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Amendment No. 1
to
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CASTELLUM, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Nevada | 27-4079982 | ||||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) | ||||
1934 Old Gallows Road, Suite 350
Vienna, VA 22182
(703) 752-6157
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Glen R. Ives
Chief Executive Officer
Castellum, Inc.
1934 Old Gallows Road, Suite 350
Vienna, VA 22182
(703) 752-6157
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
With Copies to:
Joseph M. Lucosky, Esq.
Scott E. Linsky, Esq.
Lucosky Brookman LLP
101 Wood Avenue South, 5th Floor
Woodbridge, New Jersey 08830
(732) 395-4400
APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: From time to time after the effective date of this registration statement.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. ☐
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. ☐
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please 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, 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 registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective on filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box. ☐
If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
| Large-Accelerated Filer | ☐ | Accelerated Filer | ☐ | ||||||||
| Non-Accelerated Filer | ☒ | Smaller Reporting Company | ☒ | ||||||||
| Emerging Growth Company | ☒ | ||||||||||
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of 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 the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Castellum, Inc. is filing this Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 (“Amendment No. 1”) to its Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-284205), originally filed on January 10, 2025 (the “Registration Statement”), solely to file Exhibit 4.4 – Form of Indenture relating to the issuance from time to time in one or more series of debentures, notes, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness, and Exhibit 25.1- Form T-1, to be filed separately pursuant to Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 . No changes are being made to Part I of the Registration Statement. Accordingly, this Amendment No. 1 consists only of the facing page, this explanatory note, Part II of the Registration Statement, the signature page to the Registration Statement, and the exhibits being filed with this Amendment No. 1. The remainder of the Registration Statement, including the prospectus, is unchanged and has been omitted.
PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution
The following is an estimate of the expenses (all of which are to be paid by the registrant) that we may incur in connection with the securities being registered hereby.
SEC registration fee | |||||
FINRA filing fee | |||||
Printing expenses | * | ||||
Legal fees and expenses | * | ||||
Accounting fees and expenses | * | ||||
Blue Sky, qualification fees, and expenses | * | ||||
Transfer agent fees and expenses | * | ||||
Trustee fees and expenses | * | ||||
Warrant agent fees and expenses | * | ||||
Miscellaneous | * | ||||
Total | $ | ||||
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*These fees are calculated based on the securities offered and the number of issuances and accordingly cannot be estimated at this time.
Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Our bylaws implement the indemnification provisions permitted by Chapter 78 of the NRS by providing that we shall indemnify our directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the NRS against expense, liability, and loss reasonably incurred or suffered by them in connection with their service as an officer or director. Our bylaws provide that we shall advance costs and expenses incurred with respect to any proceeding to which a person is made a party as a result of being a director or officer in advance of final disposition of such proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that such person is not entitled to indemnification. We may purchase and maintain liability insurance, or make other arrangements for such obligations or otherwise, to the extent permitted by the NRS.
At the present time, there is no pending litigation or proceeding involving a director, officer, employee, or other agent of ours in which indemnification would be required or permitted. We are not aware of any threatened litigation or proceeding that may result in a claim for such indemnification. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers, or persons controlling the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the registrant has been informed that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
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Item 16. Exhibits
(a)Exhibits
A list of exhibits filed with this registration statement on Form S-3 is set forth on the Exhibit Index below.
| Exhibit No. | Exhibit Description | |||||||
| 1.1** | Form of Underwriting Agreement | |||||||
3.1^ | ||||||||
3.2^ | ||||||||
3.3^ | ||||||||
| 4.1** | Form of Certificate of Designation of Preferred Stock | |||||||
| 4.2** | Form of Warrant Agreement and Form of Warrant Certificate | |||||||
| 4.3** | Form of Unit Agreement | |||||||
4.4* | ||||||||
5.1^ | ||||||||
23.1^ | ||||||||
23.2^ | ||||||||
24.1^ | ||||||||
25.1*** | Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility and Qualification under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 | |||||||
107^ | ||||||||
__________________
^ Previously Filed
* Filed Herewith
** If applicable, to be filed by an amendment or as an exhibit to a report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference
*** To be filed separately pursuant to Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939
Item 17. Undertakings
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i)To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii)To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and
(iii)To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement.
(2)That for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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(3)To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(4)That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.
(5)That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities:
The undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
(i)Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
(ii)Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;
(iii)The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and
(iv)Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.
(6)The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes to provide to the underwriters at the closing specified in the underwriting agreement certificates in such denominations and registered in such names as required by the underwriters to permit prompt delivery to each purchaser.
(7)Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers, and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the provisions described in Item 14 above, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer, or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
(8)The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(i)That for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and
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contained in a form of prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4), or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.
(ii)That for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and this offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act , as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Vienna, VA on January 22, 2025.
| Castellum, Inc. | ||||||||
| By: | /s/ Glen R. Ives | |||||||
| Name: | Glen R. Ives | |||||||
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |||||||
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
| Signature | Title | Date | ||||||||||||
| /s/ Glen R. Ives | Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) | January 22, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| Glen R. Ives | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ David T. Bell | Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | January 22, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| David T. Bell | ||||||||||||||
* | Chief Strategy Officer, General Counsel, Secretary, and Director | January 22, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| Jay O. Wright | ||||||||||||||
| * | Director | January 22, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| Mark S. Alarie | ||||||||||||||
| * | Director | January 22, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| Bernard S. Champoux | ||||||||||||||
| * | Director | January 22, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| John F. Campbell | ||||||||||||||
| * | Director | January 22, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| Mark C. Fuller | ||||||||||||||
| * | Director | January 22, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| C. Thomas McMillen | ||||||||||||||
*By: | /s/ Glen R. Ives | ||||
| Glen R. Ives | |||||
Attorney-in-fact | |||||