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Registration No. [    ]-[    ]

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM S-3

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

NEXALIN TECHNOLOGY, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   3845   27-5566468
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

1776 Yorktown, Suite 550

Houston, TX 77056

(832) 260-0222

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

 

Mark White

Chief Executive Officer

Nexalin Technology, Inc.

1776 Yorktown, Suite 550
Houston, TX 77056

(832) 260-0222

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

 

Copies to:

 

Martin S. Siegel, Esq.
Warshaw Burstein, LLP
575 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Telephone: (212) 984-7741

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after this registration statement becomes effective.

 

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, 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 upon 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, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company.

 

See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer Accelerated filer
Non-accelerated filer Smaller reporting company
    Emerging growth company

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided 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 that specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXPLANATION OF THE FILING

 

This shelf registration statement will provide our company with the flexibility to issue and sell securities if and when deemed appropriate and in the best interest of our stockholders. We may or may not issue and sell any securities under this registration statement. Filing this registration statement merely gives us flexibility to issue registered securities if and when we deem doing so is appropriate and in the best interest of our stockholders, without any unnecessary delays. This registration statement helps us maintain an optimal state of readiness at all times.

 

This registration statement contains two prospectuses:

 

a base prospectus which covers the potential offering, issuance and sale from time to time of shares of our common stock in one or more offerings with a total value of up to $50,000,000; and

 

an equity distribution agreement prospectus covering the potential offering, issuance and sale from time to time of shares of our common stock having an aggregate gross sales price of $9,777,825 pursuant to an equity distribution agreement with Maxim Group LLC.

 

The base prospectus immediately follows this explanatory note. The specific terms of any securities to be offered pursuant to the base prospectus will be specified in a prospectus supplement to the base prospectus. The equity distribution agreement prospectus, which specifies the terms of our common stock to be sold under the equity distribution agreement, immediately follows the base prospectus. The common stock that may be offered, issued, and sold under the equity distribution agreement prospectus is included in the $50,000,000 of securities that may be offered, issued, and sold under the base prospectus. Upon termination of the equity distribution agreement, any portion of the $9,777,825 included in the sales agreement prospectus that is not sold pursuant to the equity distribution agreement will be available for sale in other offerings pursuant to the base prospectus.

 

 

 

 

The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is declared effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and we are not soliciting offers to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

 

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED APRIL 23, 2025

 

Preliminary PROSPECTUS

 

$50,000,000

 

NEXALIN TECHNOLOGY, INC.

 

 

Common Stock

 

 

 

We may offer and sell up to an aggregate of $50,000,000 of our common stock from time to time in one or more offerings.

 

This prospectus describes the general terms of these securities and the general manner in which these securities will be offered. We will provide you with the specific terms of any offering in one or more supplements to this prospectus. The prospectus supplements will also describe the specific manner in which these securities will be offered and may also supplement, update or amend information contained in this document. You should read this prospectus and any prospectus supplement, as well as any documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus or any prospectus supplement, carefully before you invest.

 

Our securities may be sold directly by us to you, through agents designated from time to time or to or through underwriters or dealers. For additional information on the methods of sale, you should refer to the section entitled “Plan of Distribution” in this prospectus and in the applicable prospectus supplement. If any underwriters or agents are involved in the sale of our securities with respect to which this prospectus is being delivered, the names of such underwriters or agents and any applicable fees, commissions or discounts and over-allotment options will be set forth in a prospectus supplement. The price to the public of such securities and the net proceeds that we expect to receive from such sale will also be set forth in a prospectus supplement.

 

Pursuant to General Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3, in no event will we sell our securities in public primary offerings with a value exceeding more than one-third of our public float in any 12-month period so long as our public float remains below $75.0 million. As of April 22, 2025 the aggregate market value of our outstanding common stock held by non-affiliates, or the public float, was approximately $29,333,474, based on 10,824,160 shares of our outstanding common stock that were held by non-affiliates on such date and a price of $2.71 per share, which was the price at which our common stock was last sold on the Nasdaq Capital Market on February 28, 2025, calculated in accordance with General Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3. We have not offered any securities pursuant to General Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3 during the twelve-month period that ends on and includes the date hereof. Our common stock is listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “NXL.”

 

On April 22, 2025, the last reported sale price of our common stock was $1.74 per share. The applicable prospectus supplement will contain information, where applicable, as to any other listing, if any, on The Nasdaq Capital Market or any securities market or other securities exchange of the securities covered by the prospectus supplement. Prospective purchasers of our securities are urged to obtain current information as to the market prices of our securities, where applicable.

 

 

 

 

Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. Before deciding whether to invest in our securities, you should carefully consider the risks that we have described on page 5 of this prospectus under the caption “Risk Factors.” We may include specific risk factors in supplements to this prospectus under the caption “Risk Factors.” This prospectus may not be used to sell our securities unless accompanied by a prospectus supplement.

 

Currently, we are an “emerging growth company” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and are subject to reduced public company reporting requirements. Please read “Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company.”

 

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

The date of this prospectus is April 23, 2025

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

    Page
ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS   1
CAUTIONARY NOTE ABOUT FORWARD-LOOKING-STATEMENTS   2
ABOUT NEXALIN TECHNOLOGY, INC.   3
RISK FACTORS   5
USE OF PROCEEDS   6
DESCRIPTION OF COMMON STOCK   7
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION   11
LEGAL MATTERS   13
EXPERTS   13
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION   13
INFORMATION INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE   14

 

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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

 

This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, (the “SEC”), using a “shelf” registration process. Under this shelf registration process, we may offer and sell from time to time any combination of the securities described in this prospectus in one or more offerings in amounts, at prices and on terms that we determine at the time of the offering, with an aggregate offering price of up to $50,000,000. This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities we may offer.

 

Each time we offer securities, we will provide a prospectus supplement that describes the terms of the relevant offering. The prospectus supplement also may add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. Before making an investment decision, you should read carefully both this prospectus and any prospectus supplement together with the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus as described below under the heading “Information Incorporated by Reference.”

 

This prospectus may not be used to consummate a sale of securities unless it is accompanied by a prospectus supplement.

 

You should read both this prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement together with the additional information incorporated by reference. See “Where You Can Find More Information” and “Information Incorporated by Reference.” We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different information. You should not assume that the information in this prospectus or any supplement to this prospectus is accurate at any date other than the date indicated on the cover page of these documents or the filing date of any document incorporated by reference, regardless of its time of delivery. We are not making an offer to sell the securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

 

We may sell our securities to or through underwriters, dealers or agents, directly to purchasers or through a combination of any of these methods of sale, as designated from time to time. We and our agents reserve the sole right to accept or reject in whole or in part any proposed purchase of our securities. An applicable prospectus supplement, which we will provide each time we offer the securities, will set forth the names of any underwriters, dealers or agents involved in the sale of our securities, and any related fee, commission or discount arrangements. See “Plan of Distribution.”

 

This summary highlights selected information from this prospectus and does not contain all of the information that you need to consider in making your investment decision. You should carefully read the entire prospectus, the applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus, including the risks of investing in our securities discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” contained in the applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus, and under similar headings in the other documents that are incorporated by reference into this prospectus. You should also carefully read the information incorporated by reference into this prospectus, including our financial statements, and the exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.

 

In this prospectus, unless the context requires otherwise, references to “we,” “us,” “our,” “Nexalin” or the “Company” refer to Nexalin Technology, Inc. and, where appropriate, its subsidiaries. Additionally, references to the “Board” refer to the board of directors of Nexalin Technology, Inc.

 

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CAUTIONARY NOTE ABOUT FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This prospectus, any accompanying prospectus supplement and the documents that are incorporated by reference may contain “forward-looking statements” as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and other federal securities laws. Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements about future financial and operating results, plans, objectives, expectations and intentions, costs and expenses, outcome of contingencies, financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, cost savings, objectives of management, business strategies, clinical trial timing and plans, the achievement of clinical and commercial milestones, the advancement of our technologies and our products and product candidates, and other statements that are not historical facts. You can identify forward-looking statements by words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “planned,” “potential,” “should,” “will,” “would” or the negative of those terms or other words of similar meaning. Such forward-looking statements are inherently subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties. You should read statements that contain these words carefully because they discuss our future expectations or state other “forward-looking” information. We believe that it is important to communicate our future expectations to our investors. However, there may be events in the future that we are not able to accurately predict or control and our actual results may differ materially from the expectations we describe in our forward-looking statements. Before you invest in the securities, you should be aware that the occurrence of the events described in Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, and elsewhere in this prospectus, an accompanying prospectus supplement and in the information incorporated by reference, could have an adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. The forward-looking statements contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, or an accompanying prospectus supplement relate only to circumstances as of the date on which the statements are made.

 

All subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or any person acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to in this section. We do not undertake any obligation to release publicly any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this prospectus or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as may be required under applicable U.S. securities law. If we do update one or more forward-looking statements, no inference should be drawn that we will make additional updates with respect to those or other forward-looking statements.

 

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ABOUT NEXALIN tECHNOLOGY, INC.

 

Our Company

 

We are a medical device company engaged in the design and developments of innovative neurostimulation products to uniquely and effectively help combat the ongoing global mental health epidemic. We developed an easy-to-administer medical device — referred to as “Generation 1” or “Gen-1” — that utilizes bioelectronic medical technology to treat anxiety, insomnia and depression without the need for drugs or psychotherapy. Our original Gen-1 devices are cranial electrotherapy stimulation (CES) devices that emit a waveform at 4 milliamps during treatment and are presently classified by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”) as a Class II device.

 

Medical professionals in the United States have utilized the Gen-1 device to administer treatment to patients in clinical settings. While the Gen-1 device had been cleared by the FDA to treat depression, anxiety, and insomnia, three prevalent and serious diseases, because of the FDA’s December 2019 reclassification of CES devices, the Gen-1 device was reclassified as a Class II device for the treatment of anxiety and insomnia. We are required to file a new application under Section 510(k) of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (“510(k) Application”) to be approved by the FDA for the sales and marketing of our devices for the treatment of anxiety and insomnia. In the FDA’s December 2019 reclassification ruling, the treatment of depression with our device will require a Class III certification and require a new PMA (premarket approval) and/or a new De Novo application to demonstrate safety and effectiveness.

 

While we continue providing services to medical professionals to support patients’ use of the Gen-1 devices which were in operation prior to December 2019, we are not making new sales or new marketing efforts of Gen-1 devices in the United States. We continue to derive revenue from devices which we sold or leased prior to the FDA’s December 2019 reclassification announcement. This revenue consists of monthly licensing fees and payments for the sale of electrodes and patient cables. We have paused marketing efforts for new sales of our Gen-1 device for treatment of anxiety and insomnia in the United States.

 

The waveform that comprises the basis of our “Generation 2” or “Gen-2” and new “Generation 3” or “Gen-3” headset devices is in Q-submission process for review by the FDA. This process allows Nexalin to get clear, specific, written feedback from the FDA on indications, device classification and clarity on the regulatory pathway and improves the efficiency and predictability of the regulatory pathway. The University of California, San Diego conducted a clinical study evaluating Nexalin’s Gen-2 tACS device, which provided positive results in reducing pain in veteran patients with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI). We plan to conduct clinical trials for the Gen-3 device in the U.S. and we continue to consult with the FDA as part of the pre-submission process. If and when we obtain FDA clearance for the Gen-3 device, we intend to extend the development and commercialization of our devices for sale in the U.S. and other territories, given the potential unmet demand for the treatment of mental health conditions.

 

All determinations of the safety and efficacy of our devices in the United States are solely within the purview of the FDA.

 

Significant aspects of our ongoing operations and clinical trials and development programs are conducted in China, through a joint venture entity formed under the laws of Hong Kong, Nexalin Neurohealth Company Limited (“Joint Venture”), with Wider Come Limited (“Wider”). We own 48% of the equity of the Joint Venture entity, and Wider owns 52% of such equity. In September of 2021, the China National Medical Products Administration (the “NMPA”), the equivalent of the FDA, approved the Gen-2 device for marketing and sale in China for the treatment of insomnia and depression. These treatment indications and clearances from the NMPA have allowed Wider to market and sell the Gen-2 device in China for the treatment of insomnia and depression.

 

In addition to our core business model, we have also formed a Military & Government Advisory Board aimed at fostering and enhancing relationships within and throughout United States federal government and public sector organizations, including the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In conjunction with our ongoing clinical trials, our goals include the broad deployment of our devices within the U.S. military and government agencies.

 

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Corporate Information

 

We were incorporated in the state of Nevada on October 19, 2010, and redomiciled in Delaware on December 21, 2021. Our principle executive office is located at 1776 Yorktown, Suite 550, Houston, Texas 77056, and our telephone number is (832) 260-0222. Our website address is www.nexalin.com. The information contained on or accessible through our website is not incorporated by reference into this prospectus, and you should not consider any information contained on, or that can be accessed through, our website as part of this prospectus or in deciding whether to purchase our common stock.

 

Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company and Smaller Reporting Company

 

We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”). We will remain an emerging growth company until the earlier of (i) the last day of the fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the date of the first sale of our common stock pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act; (ii) the last day of the fiscal year in which we have total annual gross revenues of $1.235 billion or more; (iii) the date on which we have issued more than $1 billion in nonconvertible debt during the previous three years; or (iv) the date on which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer under applicable SEC rules. We expect that we will remain an emerging growth company for the foreseeable future, but cannot retain our emerging growth company status indefinitely and will no longer qualify as an emerging growth company on or before the last day of the fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the date of the first sale of our common stock pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act. For so long as we remain an emerging growth company, we are permitted and intend to rely on exemptions from specified disclosure requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies.

 

These exemptions include:

 

  being permitted to provide only two years of audited financial statements, in addition to any required unaudited interim financial statements, with correspondingly reduced “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” disclosure;

 

  not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended;

 

  not being required to comply with any requirement that may be adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s report providing additional information about the audit and the financial statements;

 

  reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation; and

 

  not being required to hold a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.

 

We have taken advantage of certain reduced reporting 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 stock.

 

An emerging growth company can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards. This allows an emerging growth company to delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We have irrevocably elected to avail ourselves of this extended transition period and, as a result, we will not be required to adopt new or revised accounting standards on the dates on which adoption of such standards is required for other public reporting companies.

 

We are also a “smaller reporting company” as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and have elected to take advantage of certain of the scaled disclosure available for smaller reporting companies.

 

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RISK FACTORS

 

Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the risks described in the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus and any prospectus supplement, as well as other information we include or incorporate by reference into this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement, before making an investment decision. Our business, financial condition or results of operations could be materially adversely affected by the materialization of any of these risks. The trading price of our securities could decline due to the materialization of any of these risks, and you may lose all or part of your investment. This prospectus and the documents incorporated herein by reference also contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including the risks described in the documents incorporated herein by reference, including the risks described in Part I, Item 1A, Risk Factors in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, together with the other information set forth in this prospectus, and in the other documents that we include or incorporate by reference into this prospectus, as updated by our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and other filings we make with the SEC, the risk factors described under the caption “Risk Factors” in any applicable prospectus supplement and any risk factors set forth in our other filings with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, before making a decision about investing in our common stock. The risks and uncertainties we have described are not the only ones we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also affect our operations. If any risks actually occur, our business, financial condition and results of operations may be materially and adversely affected. In such an event, the trading price of our common stock could decline and you could lose part or all of your investment.

 

For more information about our SEC filings, please see “Where You Can Find More Information” and “Incorporation by Reference.”

 

Additional risks not presently known or that we presently consider to be immaterial could subsequently materially and adversely affect our financial condition, results of operations, business, and prospects.

 

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USE OF PROCEEDS

 

We will retain broad discretion over the use of the net proceeds from the sale of the securities offered hereby. Except as described in any prospectus supplement or any related free writing prospectus that we may authorize to be provided to you, we currently intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of the securities offered hereby for general corporate purposes, including working capital, operating expenses and capital expenditures. We may also use a portion of the net proceeds to acquire or invest in businesses and products that are complementary to our own, although we have no current plans, commitments or agreements with respect to any acquisitions as of the date of this prospectus. We will set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement or free writing prospectus our intended use for the net proceeds received from the sale of any securities sold pursuant to the prospectus supplement or free writing prospectus. We intend to invest the net proceeds to us from the sale of securities offered hereby that are not used as described above in short-term, investment-grade, interest-bearing instruments.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF COMMON STOCK

 

The following description of our common stock and certain provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws are summaries. You should also refer to the amended and restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws, which are filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is part.

 

General

 

The following summary sets forth some of the general terms of our common stock. Because this is a summary, it does not contain all of the information that may be important to you. For a more detailed description of our common stock, you should read our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and the amended and restated bylaws, each of which is an exhibit to our Annual Report on Form 10-K and the applicable provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”).

 

Our Certificate of Incorporation, as amended to date, we are authorized to issue 100,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share.

 

Outstanding Shares

 

As of April 22, 2025, we had 13,327,929 shares of common stock outstanding, held of record by 828 stockholders.

 

Voting Rights

 

Each holder of common stock is entitled to one vote for each share on all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders. The affirmative vote of holders of at least 66% of the voting power of all of the then-outstanding shares of capital stock, voting as a single class, will be required to amend certain provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, including provisions relating to amending our amended and restated bylaws, the classified board, the size of our board, removal of directors, director liability, vacancies on our board, special meetings, stockholder notices, actions by written consent and exclusive forum.

 

Dividends

 

Holders of our common stock are entitled to receive ratably any dividends that our board of directors may declare out of funds legally available for that purpose.

 

Liquidation

 

In the event of our liquidation, dissolution or winding up, holders of our common stock are entitled to share ratably in all assets remaining after payment of liabilities.

 

Rights and Preferences

 

Holders of our common stock have no pre-emptive, conversion, subscription or other rights, and there are no redemption or sinking fund provisions applicable to our common stock. The rights, preferences and privileges of the holders of our common stock are subject to and may be adversely affected by the rights of the holders of shares of any series of preferred stock that we may designate in the future.

 

Fully Paid and Nonassessable

 

All outstanding shares of our common stock are fully paid and non-assessable, and the shares of common stock to be issued upon completion of this offering will be fully paid and non-assessable.

 

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Anti-Takeover Provisions

 

Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws to be in Effect Immediately Prior to Completion of this Offering

 

Our amended certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws:

 

  provide that the authorized number of directors may be changed only by resolution of our board of directors;

 

  provide that directors may only be removed for cause, which removal may be effected, subject to any limitation imposed by law, by the holders of at least 66% of the voting power of all of our then-outstanding shares of the capital stock entitled to vote generally at an election of directors;

 

  provide that all vacancies, including newly created directorships, may, except as otherwise required by law, be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of directors then in office, even if less than a quorum;

 

  require that any action to be taken by our stockholders must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of stockholders and not be taken by written consent or electronic transmission;

 

  provide that stockholders seeking to present proposals before a meeting of stockholders or to nominate candidates for election as directors at a meeting of stockholders must provide advance notice in writing, and also specify requirements as to the form and content of a stockholder’s notice;

 

  provide that special meetings of our stockholders may be called only by the chairman of our board of directors, our chief executive officer or president or by our board of directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the total number of authorized directors; and

 

  not provide for cumulative voting rights, therefore allowing the holders of a majority of the shares of common stock entitled to vote in any election of directors to elect all of the directors standing for election if they should so choose.

 

The amendment of any of these provisions would require approval by the holders of at least 66% of the voting power of all our then-outstanding common stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class.

 

The combination of these provisions will make it more difficult for our existing stockholders to replace our board of directors as well as for another party to obtain control of us by replacing our board of directors. Because our board of directors has the power to retain and discharge our officers, these provisions could also make it more difficult for existing stockholders or another party to effect a change in management.

 

These provisions are intended to enhance the likelihood of continued stability in the composition of our board of directors and its policies and to discourage coercive takeover practices and inadequate takeover bids. These provisions are also designed to reduce our vulnerability to hostile takeovers and to discourage certain tactics that may be used in proxy fights. However, such provisions could have the effect of discouraging others from making tender offers for our shares and may have the effect of delaying changes in our control or management. As a consequence, these provisions may also inhibit fluctuations in the market price of our stock that could result from actual or rumored takeover attempts. We believe that the benefits of these provisions, including increased protection of our potential ability to negotiate with the proponent of an unfriendly or unsolicited proposal to acquire or restructure our company, outweigh the disadvantages of discouraging takeover proposals, because negotiation of takeover proposals could result in an improvement of their terms.

 

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Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law

 

We are subject to Section 203 of the DGCL, which prohibits a Delaware corporation from engaging in a business combination with any interested stockholder for a period of three years following the date the person became an interested stockholder, with the following exceptions:

 

  before such date, the board of directors of the corporation approved either the business combination or the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested holder;

 

  upon completion of the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the voting stock of the corporation outstanding at the time the transaction began, excluding for purposes of determining the voting stock outstanding (but not the outstanding voting stock owned by the interested stockholder) those shares owned (a) by persons who are directors and also officers and (b) pursuant to employee stock plans in which employee participants do not have the right to determine confidentially whether shares held subject to the plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer; and

 

  on or after such date, the business combination is approved by the board of directors and authorized at an annual or special meeting of the stockholders, and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of at least 66% of the outstanding voting stock that is not owned by the interested stockholder.

 

In general, Section 203 of the DGCL defines business combination to include the following:

 

  any merger or consolidation involving the corporation and the interested stockholder;

 

  any sale, transfer, pledge or other disposition of 10% or more of the assets of the corporation involving the interested stockholder;

 

  subject to certain exceptions, any transaction that results in the issuance or transfer by the corporation of any stock of the corporation to the interested stockholder;

 

  any transaction involving the corporation that has the effect of increasing the proportionate share of the stock or any class or series of the corporation beneficially owned by the interested stockholder; and

 

  the receipt by the interested stockholder of the benefit of any loans, advances, guarantees, pledges or other financial benefits by or through the corporation.

 

In general, Section 203 of the DGCL defines an “interested stockholder” as an entity or person who, together with the entity’s or person’s affiliates and associates, beneficially owns, or is an affiliate of the corporation and within three years prior to the time of determination of interested stockholder status did own, 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation.

 

The statute could prohibit or delay mergers or other takeover or change in control attempts and, accordingly, may discourage attempts to acquire us even though such a transaction may offer our stockholders the opportunity to sell their stock at a price above the prevailing market price.

 

A Delaware corporation may “opt out” of these provisions with an express provision in its certificate of incorporation. We have not opted out of these provisions, which may as a result, discourage or prevent mergers or other takeover or change of control attempts of us.

 

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Choice of Forum

 

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware is the exclusive forum for any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf; any action asserting a breach of fiduciary duty; any action asserting a claim against us or any of our directors, officers, employees or agents arising under the DGCL, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation or our amended and restated bylaws; any action or proceeding to interpret, apply, enforce or determine the validity of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation or our amended and restated bylaws; and any action asserting a claim against us that is governed by the internal affairs doctrine. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation further provides that the federal district courts of the United States of America will be the exclusive forum for resolving any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act. The enforceability of similar choice of forum provisions in other companies’ certificates of incorporation has been challenged in legal proceedings, and it is possible that, in connection with one or more actions or proceedings described above, a court could find the choice of forum provisions contained in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation to be inapplicable or unenforceable.

 

Transfer Agent and Registrar

 

Our transfer agent and registrar for our common stock and warrants is Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company.

 

Exchange Listing

 

Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “NXL.”

 

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

 

We may sell the securities covered by this prospectus directly to purchasers or through underwriters, broker-dealers, or agents, who may receive compensation in the form of discounts, concessions, or commissions from us. These discounts, concessions, or commissions as to any particular underwriter, broker-dealer, or agent may be in excess of those customary in the types of transactions involved. In addition, we may issue the securities as a dividend or distribution or in a subscription rights offering to our existing stockholders.

 

The securities may be sold in one or more transactions at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of sale, at varying prices determined at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices. These sales may be effected in transactions which may involve crosses or block transactions.

 

If underwriters are used in an offering of securities, such offered securities may be resold in one or more transactions:

 

  on any national securities exchange or quotation service on which the common stock may be listed or quoted at the time of sale, including, as of the date of this prospectus, the Nasdaq Capital Market in the case of the common stock;

 

  in the over-the-counter market;

 

  in transactions otherwise than on these exchanges or services or in the over-the-counter market; or

 

  through the writing of options, whether the options are listed on an options exchange or otherwise.

 

Each prospectus supplement will state the terms of the offering, including, but not limited to:

 

  the names of any underwriters, dealers, or agents;

 

  the public offering or purchase price of the securities and the net proceeds that we will receive from the sale;

 

  any underwriting discounts and commissions or other items constituting underwriters’ compensation;

 

  any discounts, commissions, or fees allowed or paid to dealers or agents; and

 

  any securities exchange on which the offered securities may be listed.

 

If we sell securities to underwriters, we will execute an underwriting agreement with them at the time of the sale and will name them in the applicable prospectus supplement. In connection with these sales, the underwriters may be deemed to have received compensation in the form of underwriting discounts and commissions. The underwriters also may receive commissions from purchasers of securities for whom they may act as agent. Unless we specify otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement, the underwriters will not be obligated to purchase the securities unless the conditions set forth in the underwriting agreement are satisfied, and if the underwriters purchase any of the securities offered by such prospectus supplement, they will be required to purchase all of such offered securities. The underwriters may acquire the securities for their own account and may resell the securities from time to time in one or more transactions, including negotiated transactions, at a fixed public offering price or varying prices determined at the time of sale. The underwriters may sell the securities to or through dealers, and those dealers may receive discounts, concessions, or commissions from the underwriters as well as from the purchasers for whom they may act as agent.

 

We may designate agents who agree to use their reasonable efforts to solicit purchasers for the period of their appointment or to sell securities on a continuing basis. We may also sell securities directly to one or more purchasers without using underwriters or agents.

 

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Under agreements entered into with us, underwriters and agents may be entitled to indemnification by us against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribution for payments the underwriters or agents may be required to make. The underwriters, agents, and their affiliates may engage in financial or other business transactions with us and our subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business.

 

The aggregate proceeds to us from the sale of the securities will be the purchase price of the securities less discounts and commissions, if any.

 

In order to facilitate the offering of the securities, any underwriters may engage in transactions that stabilize, maintain, or otherwise affect the price of the securities or any other securities the prices of which may be used to determine payments on such securities. Specifically, any underwriters may over allot in connection with the offering, creating a short position for their own accounts. In addition, to cover overallotments or to stabilize the price of the securities or of any such other securities, the underwriters may bid for, and purchase, the securities or any such other securities in the open market. Finally, in any offering of the securities through a syndicate of underwriters, the underwriting syndicate may reclaim selling concessions allowed to an underwriter or a dealer for distributing the securities in the offering if the syndicate repurchases previously distributed securities in transactions to cover syndicate short positions, in stabilization transactions, or otherwise. Any of these activities may stabilize or maintain the market price of the securities above independent market levels. Any such underwriters are not required to engage in these activities and may end any of these activities at any time.

 

The applicable prospectus supplement may provide that the original issue date for your securities may be more than three scheduled business days after the trade date for your securities. Accordingly, in such a case, if you wish to trade securities on any date prior to the third business day before the original issue date for your securities, you will be required, by virtue of the fact that your securities initially are expected to settle in more than three scheduled business days after the trade date for your securities, to make alternative settlement arrangements to prevent a failed settlement.

 

The securities may be new issues of securities and may have no established trading market. The securities may or may not be listed on a national securities exchange. We can make no assurance as to the liquidity of or the existence of trading markets for any of the securities.

 

In order to comply with the securities laws of some states, if applicable, the shares of common stock offered by this prospectus must be sold in such jurisdictions only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In addition, in some states the shares of common stock may not be sold unless they have been registered or qualified for sale in the applicable state or an exemption from the registration or qualification requirement is available and is complied with.

 

To the extent required, this prospectus may be amended or supplemented from time to time to describe a specific plan of distribution.

 

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LEGAL MATTERS

 

The validity of the securities being offered hereby will be passed upon for us by Warshaw Burstein, LLP, New York, New York.

 

EXPERTS

 

Marcum LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, has audited our consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, as set forth in their report (which report includes an explanatory paragraph referring to the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern) which is incorporated by reference in this prospectus and elsewhere in the registration statement. Our financial statements are incorporated by reference in reliance on Marcum LLP’s report, given on their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

 

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

 

We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with respect to the securities offered by this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement. This prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement do not contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement and its exhibits and schedules in accordance with SEC rules and regulations. For further information with respect to us and the securities being offered by this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement, you should read the registration statement, including its exhibits and schedules. Statements contained in this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement, including documents that we have incorporated by reference, as to the contents of any contract or other document referred to are not necessarily complete, and, with respect to any contract or other document filed as an exhibit to the registration statement or any other such document, each such statement is qualified in all respects by reference to the corresponding exhibit. You should review the complete contract or other document to evaluate these statements. You may obtain copies of the registration statement and its exhibits via the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

 

We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other documents with the SEC under the Exchange Act. The SEC maintains a website that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding issuers, including us, that file electronically with the SEC. You may obtain documents that we file with the SEC at http://www.sec.gov. We also make these documents available on our website at www.nexalin.com. Our website and the information contained or accessible through our website is not incorporated by reference in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement, and you should not consider it part of this prospectus or any prospectus supplement.

 

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INFORMATION INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

 

SEC rules permit us to incorporate information by reference in this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement. This means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to another document filed separately with the SEC. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement, except for information superseded by information contained in this prospectus or any applicable prospectus supplement itself or in any subsequently filed incorporated document. This prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement incorporate by reference the documents set forth below that we have previously filed with the SEC, other than information in such documents that is deemed to be furnished and not filed. These documents contain important information about us and our business and financial condition.

 

Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the SEC on March 14, 2025, as amended by Form 10-K/A, filed with the SEC on April 15, 2025;

 

The description of our common stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A12B, filed with the SEC on September 15, 2022, and any other amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description;

 

Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 6, 2025 and April 17, 2025; and

 

Any future filings made with the SEC under Section 13(a), 13(c) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

 

Certain statements in and portions of this prospectus update and replace information in the above listed documents incorporated by reference. Likewise, statements in or portions of a future document incorporated by reference in this prospectus may update and replace statements in and portions of this prospectus or the above listed documents.

 

We will provide you without charge, upon your written or oral request, a copy of any of the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus, other than exhibits to such documents which are not specifically incorporated by reference into such documents. Please direct your written or telephone requests to:

 

Nexalin Technology, Inc.

1776 Yorktown, Suite 550

Houston, TX 77056

(832) 260-0222

 

Our reports and documents incorporated by reference herein may also be found in the “Investors” section of our website at www.nexalin.com. The content of our website and any information that is linked to or accessible from our website (other than our filings with the SEC that are incorporated by reference, as set forth under “Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference”) is not incorporated by reference into this prospectus or any applicable prospectus supplement and you should not consider it a part of this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement, or the registration statement.

 

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The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is declared effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and we are not soliciting offers to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

 

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED APRIL 23, 2025

 

PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT

 

Up to $9,777,825

 

NEXALIN TECHNOLOGY, INC.

 

 

Common Stock

 

 

 

We plan to enter into an Equity Distribution Agreement (the “ATM Sales Agreement”) with Maxim Group LLC (the “Sales Agent”), pursuant to which we may, from time to time, issue and sell the shares of our common stock, $0.001 par value per share, covered by this prospectus from time to time through or to the Sales Agent, acting as our agent or principal.

 

An At-the-Market (“ATM”) program will allow us to raise capital by selling shares of our common stock in open market transactions at our discretion. Unlike in underwritten public offerings, sales under ATM programs are not marketed, they are made at prevailing market prices, and they are generally less dilutive to stockholders than marketed offerings that generate the same net proceeds because (i) they are typically less expensive to transact than marketed offerings and (ii) they can be executed without a discount to the prevailing market price of the stock that is typical in marketed offerings. Our Board of Directors has concluded that, at this time, it is in our best interest to have an ATM program available and to be used at our discretion for capital raising, since it enables us to determine the timing, quantity, and pricing of sales. Under the ATM Sales Agreement, we are not obligated to sell any shares, but we may issue and sell shares of our common stock having an aggregate gross sales price of up to $9,777,825 through the Sales Agent.

 

Our common stock trades on the Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”) under the symbol “NXL.” The last reported sale price of our common stock on Nasdaq on April 22, 2025 was $1.74 per share.

 

Pursuant to General Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3, in no event will we sell our securities in public primary offerings with a value exceeding more than one-third of our public float in any 12-month period so long as our public float remains below $75.0 million. As of April 22, 2025, the aggregate market value of our outstanding common stock held by non-affiliates, or the public float, was approximately $29,333,474, based on 10,824,160 shares of our outstanding common stock that were held by non-affiliates on such date and a price of $2.71 per share, which was the price at which our common stock was last sold on the Nasdaq Capital Market on February 28, 2025, calculated in accordance with General Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3. We have not offered any securities pursuant to General Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3 during the twelve-month period that ends on and includes the date hereof.

 

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Shares of our common stock covered by this prospectus may be sold by any method deemed to be an “at the market offering” as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). When they receive a sale order from us, the Sales Agents have agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts consistent with normal trading and sales practices to execute the order on mutually agreed terms. There is no arrangement for funds to be received in any escrow, trust, or similar arrangement.

 

The compensation payable to the Sales Agent for sales of common stock sold pursuant to the ATM Sales Agreement will be 3% of the gross proceeds of the sales price of common stock sold. The Company shall reimburse the Sale Agent upon request for its actual, reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the ATM Sales Agreement, as provided herein. We anticipate no other commissions or material expenses for sales under the ATM Sales Agreement. The orders will be executed at price limits imposed by us.

 

Even though this prospectus does not relate to a marketed offering of our common stock, in connection with the sale of common stock under the ATM Sales Agreement, the Sales Agent will each be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act, and the compensation of the Sales Agent will be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts. We have agreed to indemnify the Sales Agent against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. See the section titled “Plan of Distribution” on page 29 of this prospectus.

 

Currently, we are an “emerging growth company” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and are subject to reduced public company reporting requirements. Please read “Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company.”

 

Investing in our common stock involves certain risks. You should read carefully and consider the “Risk Factors” referenced on page 22 of this prospectus and the risk factors described in other documents incorporated by reference herein before making an investment decision.

 

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

Maxim Group LLC

 

The date of this prospectus is April 23, 2025

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

    Page
ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT AND PROSPECTUS   18
PROSPECTUS SUMMARY   19
THE OFFERING   21
RISK FACTORS   22
CAUTIONARY NOTE ABOUT FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS   26
USE OF PROCEEDS   27
DILUTION   28
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION   29
LEGAL MATTERS   30
EXPERTS   30
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION   30
INFORMATION INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE   31

 

You should rely only on the information contained in, or incorporated by reference into, this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus or any applicable free writing prospectus in making your investment decisions. Neither we nor the Sales Agent have authorized anyone to provide you with different, inconsistent or additional information. If anyone provides you with different, inconsistent or additional information, you should not rely on it. This prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and any applicable free writing prospectus do not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities other than the registered securities to which they relate, nor does this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and any applicable free writing prospectus constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities in any jurisdiction to any person to whom it is unlawful to make such an offer or solicitation in such jurisdiction. You should assume the information contained in this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus any applicable free writing prospectus or the documents incorporated by reference herein are accurate only as of the respective dates of each such document or on the date or dates which are specified in these documents. Our business, financial condition and prospects may have changed since such dates.

 

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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT AND PROSPECTUS

 

This document is in two parts. The first part is this prospectus supplement, which describes the specific terms of this offering and also adds to, changes and updates information contained in the accompanying prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference herein. This prospectus supplement and the documents incorporated herein by reference include important information about us, the shares being offered, and other information you should know before investing in our common stock. The second part, the accompanying prospectus, gives more general information, some of which may not apply to this offering.

 

This prospectus supplement describes the specific terms of the common stock we are offering and also adds to, and updates information contained in the accompanying prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement. To the extent there is a conflict between the information contained in this prospectus supplement, on the one hand, and the information contained in the accompanying prospectus or any document incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement that was filed with the SEC before the date of this prospectus supplement, on the other hand, you should rely on the information in this prospectus supplement. If any statement in one of these documents is inconsistent with a statement in in a filing we make with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) that adds to, updates or changes information contained in an earlier filing we made with the SEC — for example, a document incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement — the statement in the filing we make with the SEC having the later date modifies or supersedes the earlier statement.

 

This prospectus supplement does not contain all of the information that is important to you. You should rely only on this prospectus and the information incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus. We have not, and the Sales Agents have not, authorized anyone to provide you with information that is in addition to or different from that contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. We are not, and the Sales Agents are not, offering to sell these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. You should not assume that the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus is accurate as of any date other than as of the date of this prospectus or in the case of the documents incorporated by reference, the date of such documents regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or any sale of our common stock. Our business, financial condition, liquidity, results of operations, and prospects may have changed since those dates.

 

You should read this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus, and the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement that we may authorize for use in connection with this offering, in their entirety before making an investment decision. You should also read and consider the information in the documents to which we have referred you in the sections of this prospectus entitled “Where You Can Find More Information” and “Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.”

 

We are offering to sell, and seeking offers to buy, shares of common stock only in jurisdictions where offers and sales are permitted. The distribution of this prospectus supplement and the offering of the common stock in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. 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 the common stock and the distribution of this prospectus outside the United States. This prospectus does not constitute, and may not be used in connection with, an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any securities offered by this prospectus by any person in any jurisdiction in which it is unlawful for such person to make such an offer or solicitation.

 

We further note that the representations, warranties and covenants made by us in any agreement that is filed as an exhibit to any document that is incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus were made solely for the benefit of the parties to such agreement, including, in some cases, for the purpose of allocating risk among the parties to such agreement, and should not be deemed to be a representation, warranty or covenant to you. Moreover, such representations, warranties or covenants were accurate only as of the date when made. Accordingly, such representations, warranties and covenants should not be relied on as accurately representing the current state of our affairs.

 

In this prospectus, unless the context requires otherwise, references to “we,” “us,” “our,” “Nexalin” or the “Company” refer to Nexalin Technology, Inc. and, where appropriate, its subsidiaries.

 

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

 

Overview

 

The following is a summary of selected information contained elsewhere in this prospectus or incorporated by reference. It does not contain all of the information that you should consider before buying our securities. You should read this prospectus in its entirety, including the information incorporated by reference herein and therein.

 

Our Company

 

We are a medical device company engaged in the design and developments of innovative neurostimulation products to uniquely and effectively help combat the ongoing global mental health epidemic. We developed an easy-to-administer medical device — referred to as “Generation 1” or “Gen-1” — that utilizes bioelectronic medical technology to treat anxiety, insomnia and depression without the need for drugs or psychotherapy. Our original Gen-1 devices are cranial electrotherapy stimulation (CES) devices that emit a waveform at 4 milliamps during treatment and are presently classified by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”) as a Class II device.

 

Medical professionals in the United States have utilized the Gen-1 device to administer treatment to patients in clinical settings. While the Gen-1 device had been cleared by the FDA to treat depression, anxiety, and insomnia, three prevalent and serious diseases, because of the FDA’s December 2019 reclassification of CES devices, the Gen-1 device was reclassified as a Class II device for the treatment of anxiety and insomnia. We are required to file a new application under Section 510(k) of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (“510(k) Application”) to be approved by the FDA for the sales and marketing of our devices for the treatment of anxiety and insomnia. In the FDA’s December 2019 reclassification ruling, the treatment of depression with our device will require a Class III certification and require a new PMA (premarket approval) and/or a new De Novo application to demonstrate safety and effectiveness.

 

While we continue providing services to medical professionals to support patients’ use of the Gen-1 devices which were in operation prior to December 2019, we are not making new sales or new marketing efforts of Gen-1 devices in the United States. We continue to derive revenue from devices which we sold or leased prior to the FDA’s December 2019 reclassification announcement. This revenue consists of monthly licensing fees and payments for the sale of electrodes and patient cables. We have paused marketing efforts for new sales of our Gen-1 device for treatment of anxiety and insomnia in the United States.

 

The waveform that comprises the basis of our “Generation 2” or “Gen-2” and new “Generation 3” or “Gen-3” headset devices is in Q-submission process for review by the FDA. This process allows Nexalin to get clear, specific, written feedback from the FDA on indications, device classification and clarity on the regulatory pathway and improves the efficiency and predictability of the regulatory pathway. The University of California, San Diego conducted a clinical study evaluating Nexalin’s Gen-2 tACS device, which provided positive results in reducing pain in veteran patients with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI). We plan to conduct clinical trials for the Gen-3 device in the U.S. and we continue to consult with the FDA as part of the pre-submission process. If and when we obtain FDA clearance for the Gen-3 device, we intend to extend the development and commercialization of our devices for sale in the U.S. and other territories, given the potential unmet demand for the treatment of mental health conditions.

 

All determinations of the safety and efficacy of our devices in the United States are solely within the purview of the FDA.

 

Significant aspects of our ongoing operations and clinical trials and development programs are conducted in China, through a joint venture entity formed under the laws of Hong Kong, Nexalin Neurohealth Company Limited (“Joint Venture”), with Wider Come Limited (“Wider”). We own 48% of the equity of the Joint Venture entity, and Wider owns 52% of such equity. In September of 2021, the China National Medical Products Administration (the “NMPA”), the equivalent of the FDA, approved the Gen-2 device for marketing and sale in China for the treatment of insomnia and depression. These treatment indications and clearances from the NMPA have allowed Wider to market and sell the Gen-2 device in China for the treatment of insomnia and depression.

 

In addition to our core business model, we have also formed a Military & Government Advisory Board aimed at fostering and enhancing relationships within and throughout United States federal government and public sector organizations, including the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In conjunction with our ongoing clinical trials, our goals include the broad deployment of our devices within the U.S. military and government agencies.

 

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Corporate Information

 

We were incorporated in the state of Nevada on October 19, 2010, and redomiciled in Delaware on December 21, 2021. Our principle executive office is located at 1776 Yorktown, Suite 550, Houston, Texas 77056, and our telephone number is (832) 260-0222. Our website address is www.nexalin.com. The information contained on or accessible through our website is not incorporated by reference into this prospectus, and you should not consider any information contained on, or that can be accessed through, our website as part of this prospectus or in deciding whether to purchase our common stock.

 

Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company and Smaller Reporting Company

 

We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”). We will remain an emerging growth company until the earlier of (i) the last day of the fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the date of the first sale of our common stock pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act; (ii) the last day of the fiscal year in which we have total annual gross revenues of $1.235 billion or more; (iii) the date on which we have issued more than $1 billion in nonconvertible debt during the previous three years; or (iv) the date on which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer under applicable SEC rules. We expect that we will remain an emerging growth company for the foreseeable future, but cannot retain our emerging growth company status indefinitely and will no longer qualify as an emerging growth company on or before the last day of the fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the date of the first sale of our common stock pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act. For so long as we remain an emerging growth company, we are permitted and intend to rely on exemptions from specified disclosure requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies.

 

These exemptions include:

 

being permitted to provide only two years of audited financial statements, in addition to any required unaudited interim financial statements, with correspondingly reduced “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” disclosure;

 

not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended;

 

not being required to comply with the requirement of auditor attestation of our internal controls over financial reporting;

 

not being required to comply with any requirement that may be adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s report providing additional information about the audit and the financial statements;

 

reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation; and

 

not being required to hold a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.

 

We have taken advantage of certain reduced reporting 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 stock.

 

An emerging growth company can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards. This allows an emerging growth company to delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We have irrevocably elected to avail ourselves of this extended transition period and, as a result, we will not be required to adopt new or revised accounting standards on the dates on which adoption of such standards is required for other public reporting companies.

 

We are also a “smaller reporting company” as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and have elected to take advantage of certain of the scaled disclosure available for smaller reporting companies.

 

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THE OFFERING

 

Common Stock offered by us:  

Shares of common stock having an aggregate gross sales price of up to $9,777,825.

     
Common stock outstanding after this offering:   Up to 18,947,368 shares, assuming a sales price of $1.74 per share, which was the last reported sale price on The NASDAQ Capital Market on April 22, 2025. The actual number of shares issued and outstanding will vary depending on the sales price under this offering.
     
Manner of offering:  

“At-the-market” offering that may be made from time to time in the United States through or to Maxim Group LLC, acting as sale agent or principal. See the section entitled “Plan of Distribution” below.

     
Risk Factors:   Your investment in shares of our common stock involves substantial risks. You should consider the “Risk Factors” included and incorporated by reference in this prospectus, including the risk factors incorporated by reference from our filings with the SEC.
     
Exclusive Sales Agent:  

Maxim Group LLC is acting as the exclusive sale agent in connection with this offering.

     
Nasdaq Capital Market Symbol:   NXL

 

The number of shares of our common stock that will be outstanding after this offering is based on 13,327,929 shares of common stock outstanding as of April 22, 2025 and excludes:

 

2,662,250 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding warrants issued in our initial public offering;

 

1,988,375 shares of our common stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding and vested stock options under the Company’s 2023 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the “2023 Plan”); and

 

Approximately 312,000 shares of our common stock that have been approved for grant under the 2023 Plan, but have not yet been issued.

 

This prospectus reflects and assumes no exercise of outstanding options or warrants.

 

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RISK FACTORS

 

Before purchasing any of the securities you should carefully consider the risk factors relating to our company described below and incorporated by reference in this prospectus from our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, as well as the risks, uncertainties, and additional information set forth in other documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus. For a description of these reports and documents, and information about where you can find them, see “Where You Can Find More Information” and “Incorporation of Certain Documents By Reference.” Additional risks not presently known or that we presently consider to be immaterial could subsequently materially and adversely affect our financial condition, results of operations, business, and prospects.

 

Risks Associated with Our Capital Stock

 

If we are not able to comply with the applicable continued listing requirements or standards of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Nasdaq could delist our common stock.

 

Our shares of our common stock are listed on the Capital Market tier of the Nasdaq Stock Market, or Nasdaq, under the symbol “NXL.” Nasdaq has rules for continued listing, including, without limitation, minimum market capitalization, minimum stockholders’ equity and other requirements. In order to maintain that listing, we must satisfy minimum financial and other continued listing requirements and standards, including the Minimum Bid Price Rule (as discussed below) and those regarding director independence and independent committee requirements, minimum stockholders’ equity, and certain corporate governance requirements. There can be no assurances that we will be able to comply with the applicable listing standards.

 

Minimum Bid Price Requirement

 

We are required to maintain a minimum bid price of $1.00 per share. On May 10, 2023, the Company received written notice from Nasdaq notifying the Company that it was no longer in compliance with the minimum bid price requirement for continued listing on Nasdaq, as the closing bid price for the Company’s common stock was below $1.00 per share as set forth in the Nasdaq listing rules. After the Company was granted an extended period to regain compliance, the Company received notice from Nasdaq notifying the Company that it has regained compliance with Nasdaq’s minimum bid price requirement under Nasdaq Rule 5550(a)(2).

 

On September 23, 2024, we received a notice from Nasdaq notifying us that we were not in compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Rule. On October 31, 2024, the Company received notice from Nasdaq notifying the Company that it has regained compliance with Nasdaq’s minimum bid price requirement under Nasdaq Rule 5550(a)(2).

 

Minimum Stockholder Equity Requirement

 

Under the Nasdaq listing rules, we are also required to maintain stockholders’ equity of at least $2,500,000 (the “Minimum Stockholder Equity Rule”). In our Form 10-Q for the period ending March 31, 2024, we reported stockholders’ equity of $2,326,987. On May 16, 2024, we received a letter from the Listing Qualifications Department of Nasdaq notifying the Company that its stockholders’ equity as reported in such Quarterly Report did not satisfy the continued listing requirement under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1) for the Nasdaq Capital Market.

 

Pursuant to the Notice, the Company had 45 calendar days from the date of the Notice to submit a plan to regain compliance. On July 1, 2024, the Company submitted a plan to Nasdaq. As described in the Company’s submission to Nasdaq, and as set forth in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company on July 3, 2024, the Company consummated the public offering of 3 million shares of the Company’s Common Stock for total aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $5,250,000. On July 23, 2024, the Company received written notification from the Listing Qualifications Department of Nasdaq, confirming that, based on the information contained in the Company’s Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on July 16, 2024, the Company is now in compliance with the Minimum Stockholder Equity Rule.

 

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Risks Related to This Offering

 

We have broad discretion in the use of the net proceeds from this offering.

 

Our management will have broad discretion in the application of the net proceeds from this offering. You will not have the opportunity, as part of your investment decision, to assess whether such proceeds are being used in a manner agreeable to you. You must rely on the judgment of our management regarding the use of the net proceeds of this offering, which may be used for corporate purposes that do not improve our profitability or increase the price of our shares of Common Stock. Such proceeds may also be placed in investments that do not produce income or that lose value. The failure to use such funds by us effectively could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, operating results and cash flow.

 

Our stockholders may experience significant dilution as a result of future equity issuances and exercise of outstanding options.

 

In order to raise additional capital, we may in the future offer additional shares of our Common Stock or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for our Common Stock at prices that may not be the same as the price per share as prior issuances of Common Stock. We may not be able to sell shares or other securities in any other offering at a price per share that is equal to or greater than the price per share previously paid by investors in this offering, and investors purchasing shares or other securities in the future could have rights superior to existing stockholders. The price per share at which we sell additional shares of our Common Stock or securities convertible into Common Stock in future transactions may be higher or lower than the prices per share for previous issuances of Common Stock or securities convertible into Common Stock paid by certain investors. In addition, the exercise price of the Warrants for the Shares may be equal to or greater than the price per share previously paid by certain investors. You will incur dilution upon exercise of any outstanding stock options, warrants or upon the issuance of shares of Common Stock under our equity incentive programs. In addition, the issuance of the Shares and any future sales of a substantial number of shares of our Common Stock in the public market, or the perception that such sales may occur, could adversely affect the price of our Common Stock. We cannot predict the effect, if any, that market sales of those shares of Common Stock or the availability of those shares for sale will have on the market price of our Common Stock.

 

If you purchase shares in this offering, you will suffer immediate and substantial dilution of your investment.

 

The price per share of our common stock in this offering may exceed the net tangible book value per share of our common stock outstanding prior to this offering. Therefore, if you purchase shares in this offering, you may pay a price per share that substantially exceeds our net tangible book value per share after this offering. To the extent shares are issued under outstanding options at exercise prices lower than the price of our common stock in this offering, you will incur further dilution.

 

It is not possible to predict the aggregate proceeds resulting from sales made under the ATM Sales Agreement.

 

Subject to certain limitations in the ATM Sales Agreement and compliance with applicable law, we have the discretion to deliver a placement notice to the Sales Agent at any time throughout the term of the ATM Sales Agreement. The number of shares that are sold through the Sales Agent after delivering a placement notice will fluctuate based on a number of factors, including the market price of our common stock during the sales period, any limits we may set with the Sales Agent in any applicable placement notice and the demand for our common stock. Because the price per share of each share sold pursuant to the ATM Sales Agreement will fluctuate over time, it is not currently possible to predict the aggregate proceeds to be raised in connection with sales under the ATM Sales Agreement.

 

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The common stock offered hereby will be sold in “at-the-market offerings” and investors who buy shares at different times will likely pay different prices.

 

Investors who purchase shares in this offering at different times will likely pay different prices, and accordingly may experience different levels of dilution and different outcomes in their investment results. We will have discretion, subject to market demand, to vary the timing, prices and number of shares sold in this offering. In addition, subject to the final determination by our board of directors or any restrictions we may place in any applicable placement notice, there is no minimum or maximum sales price for shares to be sold in this offering. Investors may experience a decline in the value of the shares they purchase in this offering as a result of sales made at prices lower than the prices they paid.

 

The actual number of shares of common stock we will issue under the ATM Sales Agreement in this offering, at any one time or in total, is uncertain.

 

Subject to certain limitations in the ATM Sales Agreement and compliance with applicable law, we have the discretion to deliver a placement notice to the Sales Agent at any time throughout the term of the offering under this prospectus. The number of shares of common stock that are sold by the Sales Agent after delivering a placement notice will fluctuate based on the market price of the shares of common stock during the sales period and limits we set with the Sales Agent. Because the price per share sold will fluctuate based on the market price of our common stock during the sales period, it is not possible at this stage to predict the number of common stock that will be ultimately issued or the gross proceeds to be raised in connection with those sales.

 

The trading price of our common stock may be volatile, which could result in substantial losses for purchasers of our common stock in this offering and you could lose all or part of your investment.

 

The trading price of our common stock is likely to be highly volatile and could be subject to wide fluctuations in response to various factors, some of which are beyond our control, including limited trading volume. The stock market in general and the market for companies in our industry in particular have experienced extreme volatility that has often been unrelated to the operating performance of particular companies. In addition to the factors discussed in these “Risk Factors” sections, these factors include:

 

  the commencement, enrollment or results of our planned and future clinical trials;

 

  the loss of any of our key scientific or management personnel;

 

  regulatory or legal developments in the United States, China and other countries;

 

  the success of competitive products or technologies;

 

  adverse actions taken by regulatory agencies with respect to our clinical trials or manufacturers;

 

  changes or developments in laws or regulations applicable to our products and preclinical program;

 

  changes to our relationships with collaborators, manufacturers or suppliers;

 

  the results of our testing and clinical trials;

 

  unanticipated safety concerns;

 

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  announcements concerning our competitors or our industry in general;

 

  actual or anticipated fluctuations in our operating results;

 

  changes in financial estimates or recommendations by securities analysts;

 

  potential acquisitions;

 

  the results of our efforts to discover, develop, acquire or in-license additional products;

 

  the trading volume of our securities on Nasdaq;

 

  sales of our common stock by us, our executive officers and directors or our stockholders or the anticipation that such sales may occur in the future;

 

  general economic, political and market conditions and overall fluctuations in the financial markets in the United States or China;

 

  stock market price and volume fluctuations of comparable companies and, in particular, those that operate in our industry;

 

  investors’ general perception of us and our business; and
     
  the other factors described in the “Risk Factors” sections of our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, and in subsequent filings, which are incorporated by reference into this prospectus.

 

These and other market and industry factors may cause the market price and demand for our common stock to fluctuate substantially, regardless of our actual operating performance, which may limit or prevent investors from selling their shares of our common stock at or above the price paid for the shares and may otherwise negatively affect the liquidity of our common stock. In addition, the stock market in general, and companies in our industry in particular, have experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that have often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of these companies.

 

Some companies that have experienced volatility in the trading price of their shares have been the subject of securities class action litigation. Any lawsuit to which we are a party, with or without merit, may result in an unfavorable judgment. We also may decide to settle lawsuits on unfavorable terms. Any such negative outcome could result in payments of substantial damages or fines, damage to our reputation or adverse changes to our business practices. Defending against litigation is costly and time-consuming and could divert our management’s attention and our resources. Furthermore, during litigation, there could be negative public announcements of the results of hearings, motions or other interim proceedings or developments, which could have a negative effect on the market price of our common stock.

 

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CAUTIONARY NOTE ABOUT FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This prospectus, any accompanying prospectus supplement and the documents that are incorporated by reference may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements about future financial and operating results, plans, objectives, expectations and intentions, costs and expenses, outcome of contingencies, financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, cost savings, objectives of management, business strategies, clinical trial timing and plans, the achievement of clinical and commercial milestones, the advancement of our technologies and our products and product candidates, and other statements that are not historical facts. You can identify forward-looking statements by words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “planned,” “potential,” “should,” “will,” “would” or the negative of those terms or other words of similar meaning. Such forward-looking statements are inherently subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties. You should read statements that contain these words carefully because they discuss our future expectations or state other “forward-looking” information. We believe that it is important to communicate our future expectations to our investors. However, there may be events in the future that we are not able to accurately predict or control and our actual results may differ materially from the expectations we describe in our forward-looking statements. Before you invest in the securities, you should be aware that the occurrence of the events described in Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, and elsewhere in this prospectus, an accompanying prospectus supplement and in the information incorporated by reference, could have an adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. The forward-looking statements contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus or an accompanying prospectus supplement relate only to circumstances as of the date on which the statements are made.

 

All subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or any person acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to in this section. We do not undertake any obligation to release publicly any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this prospectus or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as may be required under applicable U.S. securities law. If we do update one or more forward-looking statements, no inference should be drawn that we will make additional updates with respect to those or other forward-looking statements.

 

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USE OF PROCEEDS

 

We may issue and sell shares of common stock having aggregate sales proceeds of up to $9,777,825 from time to time, before deducting sales agent commissions and expenses. The amount of proceeds from this offering will depend upon the number of shares of our common stock sold and the market price at which they are sold. Because there is no minimum offering amount required as a condition of this offering, the actual total public offering amount, commissions and proceeds to us, if any, are not determinable at this time. There can be no assurance that we will be able to sell any shares under or fully utilize the ATM Sales Agreement.

 

Except as described in the Prospectus Supplement or any related free writing prospectus that we may authorize to be provided to you, we currently intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of the securities offered hereby for general corporate purposes, including working capital, operating expenses and capital expenditures. We may also use a portion of the net proceeds to acquire or invest in businesses and products that are complementary to our own, although we have no current plans, commitments or agreements with respect to any acquisitions as of the date of this prospectus. We will set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement or free writing prospectus our intended use for the net proceeds received from the sale of any securities sold pursuant to the prospectus supplement or free writing prospectus. We intend to invest the net proceeds to us from the sale of securities offered hereby that are not used as described above in short-term, investment-grade, interest-bearing instruments.

 

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DILUTION

 

If you purchase securities in this offering, your ownership interest will be diluted to the extent of the difference between the public offering price per share of our Common Stock and the as adjusted net tangible book value per share of our Common Stock immediately after giving effect to this offering.

 

Our net tangible book value as of December 31, 2024, was approximately $3.4 million, or approximately $.26 per share of our Common Stock. Our net tangible book value is the amount of our total tangible assets minus total liabilities. Net tangible book value per share as of December 31, 2024, is our net tangible book value divided by the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of December 31, 2024.

 

The information below is illustrative only. Our dilution following the closing of this offering will change based on the actual public offering price and other terms of this offering determined at pricing. You should read this table in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the financial statements and related notes included in our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 and subsequent quarterly reports.

 

After giving effect to the sale of 5,619,439 shares of our common stock pursuant to this prospectus in the aggregate amount of $9,777,825 at an assumed price of $1.74 per share, which was the last reported sale price of our common stock on Nasdaq on April 22, 2025, and net of offering expenses payable by us (estimated at $125,000), and commissions, our as adjusted net tangible book value as of December 31, 2024, would have been approximately $12.8 million, or approximately $.67 per share of common stock. This amount represents an immediate increase in as adjusted net tangible book value of $.41 per share of common stock to our existing stockholders and an immediate dilution of $1.07 per share of common stock to investors participating in this offering. We determine dilution per share of common stock to investors participating in this offering by subtracting as adjusted net tangible book value per share of common stock after giving effect to this offering from the public offering price per share of common stock paid by investors participating in this offering.

 

Assumed offering price per share   $ 1.74  
Net tangible book value per share as of December 31, 2024     .26  
Increase in net tangible book value per share attributable to this offering     .41  
As adjusted net tangible book value per share after giving effect to this offering     .67  
Dilution per share to new investors participating in this offering   $ 1.07  

 

The table above assumes, for illustrative purposes, that an aggregate of 5,619,439 shares of our common stock are sold at an offering price of $1.74 per share, the last reported sale price of our common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market on April 22, 2025, for aggregate gross proceeds of $9,777,825. However, the shares sold in this offering, if any, will be sold from time to time at various prices.

 

The number of shares of our Common Stock outstanding is based on an aggregate of 13,303,523 shares of our Common Stock outstanding as December 31, 2024, and excludes: 

 

2,662,250 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding warrants issued in our initial public offering;

 

1,988,375 shares of our common stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding and vested stock options under the Company’s 2023 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the “2023 Plan”); and

 

Approximately 312,000 shares of our common stock that have been approved for grant under the 2023 Plan, but have not yet been issued.

 

This prospectus reflects and assumes no exercise of outstanding options or warrants and that all such options and warrants have been or will be earned.

 

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

 

Pursuant to the ATM Sales Agreement, we may issue and sell from time to time shares of our common stock having an aggregate gross sales price of up to $9,777,825 through the Sales Agent, acting as sales agent or principal, subject to certain limitations. The form of the ATM Sales Agreement has been filed with the SEC and is incorporated by reference into this prospectus. This is a brief summary of the material terms of the ATM Sales Agreement and does not purport to be a complete statement of its terms and conditions.

 

Each time that we wish to sell common stock under the ATM Sales Agreement, we will provide an agent designated by the Company as sole executing agent with a placement notice describing the number or dollar value of shares to be issued, the time period during which sales are requested to be made, any limitation on the number of shares that may be sold in any one day, and any minimum price below which sales may not be made.

 

Upon receipt of a placement notice from us, and subject to the terms and conditions of the ATM Sales Agreement, the Sales Agent have agreed to use its commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its normal trading and sales practices and applicable state and federal laws, rules, and regulations, and the rules of Nasdaq to sell such shares up to the amount specified. The settlement between us and the Sales Agent of each sale will occur on the second trading day following the date on which the sale was made or on some other date that is agreed upon by us and the Sales Agents in connection with a particular transaction. The obligation of the Sales Agent under the ATM Sales Agreement to sell our common stock pursuant to a placement notice is subject to a number of conditions.

 

We will pay the Sales Agent a commission of 3% of the aggregate gross proceeds from each sale of our common stock under the ATM Sales Agreement. The Sales Agent may also receive customary brokerage commissions from purchasers of the common stock in compliance with FINRA Rule 2121. The Sales Agent may effect sales to or through dealers, and such dealers may receive compensation in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the Sales Agents and/or purchasers of shares of common stock for whom they may act as agents or to whom they may sell as principal. We have also agreed to reimburse Maxim for certain specified expenses, including actual reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses, including the fees and disbursements of its legal counsel, in an amount not to exceed $70,000. In addition to such fees, at the end of each quarter in which the offering is open and during which sales of our common stock have occurred, we have agreed to pay Maxim’s legal counsel an additional legal fee in an amount not to exceed $10,000.

 

The actual proceeds to us will vary depending on the number of shares sold and the prices of such sales. Because there is no minimum offering amount required as a condition to close this offering, the actual total public offering amount, commissions, and proceeds to us, if any, are not determinable at this time.

 

In connection with the sale of our common stock contemplated in this prospectus, the Sales Agent will be deemed to be “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act, and the compensation paid to the Sales Agent will be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts. We have agreed to indemnify the Sales Agent against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

 

Sales of our common stock as contemplated in this prospectus will be settled through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company or by such other means as we and the Sales Agents may agree upon. There is no arrangement for funds to be received in escrow, trust, or similar arrangement.

 

The offering of our common stock pursuant to the ATM Sales Agreement will terminate on the earlier of (1) the issuance and sale of all of our common stock subject to the ATM Sales Agreement, or (2) termination of the ATM Sales Agreement by us or the Sales Agent.

 

The Sales Agent and its affiliates may in the future provide various investment banking, commercial banking and other financial services for us and our affiliates, for which services they may in the future receive customary fees. To the extent required by Regulation M, the Sales Agent will not engage in any market making activities involving our common stock while the offering is ongoing under this prospectus.

 

This prospectus in electronic format may be made available on a website maintained by the Sales Agent and the Sales Agent may distribute this prospectus electronically.

 

Our common stock is traded on the Nasdaq under the symbol “NXL”.

 

The foregoing does not purport to be a complete statement of the terms and conditions of the ATM Sales Agreement. A copy of the ATM Sales Agreement is attached hereto as an exhibit.

 

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LEGAL MATTERS

 

The validity of the securities being offered hereby will be passed upon for us by Warshaw Burstein, LLP, New York, New York.

 

EXPERTS

 

Marcum LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, has audited our consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, as set forth in their report (which report includes an explanatory paragraph referring to the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern) which is incorporated by reference in this prospectus and elsewhere in the registration statement. Our financial statements are incorporated by reference in reliance on Marcum LLP’s report, given on their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

 

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

 

We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with respect to the securities offered by this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement. This prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement do not contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement and its exhibits and schedules in accordance with SEC rules and regulations. For further information with respect to us and the securities being offered by this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement, you should read the registration statement, including its exhibits and schedules. Statements contained in this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement, including documents that we have incorporated by reference, as to the contents of any contract or other document referred to are not necessarily complete, and, with respect to any contract or other document filed as an exhibit to the registration statement or any other such document, each such statement is qualified in all respects by reference to the corresponding exhibit. You should review the complete contract or other document to evaluate these statements. You may obtain copies of the registration statement and its exhibits via the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

 

We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other documents with the SEC under the Exchange Act. The SEC maintains a website that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding issuers, including us, that file electronically with the SEC. You may obtain documents that we file with the SEC at http://www.sec.gov. We also make these documents available on our website at www.nexalin.com. Our website and the information contained or accessible through our website is not incorporated by reference in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement, and you should not consider it part of this Prospectus Supplement.

 

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INFORMATION INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

 

SEC rules permit us to incorporate information by reference in this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement. This means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to another document filed separately with the SEC. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement, except for information superseded by information contained in this prospectus or any applicable prospectus supplement itself or in any subsequently filed incorporated document. This prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement incorporate by reference the documents set forth below that we have previously filed with the SEC, other than information in such documents that is deemed to be furnished and not filed. These documents contain important information about us and our business and financial condition.

 

Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the SEC on March 14, 2025, as amended by Form 10-K/A, filed with the SEC on April 15, 2025;

 

The description of our common stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A12B, filed with the SEC on September 15, 2022, and any other amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description;

 

Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 6, 2025 and April 17, 2025; and

 

Any future filings made with the SEC under Section 13(a), 13(c) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

 

Certain statements in and portions of this prospectus update and replace information in the above listed documents incorporated by reference. Likewise, statements in or portions of a future document incorporated by reference in this prospectus may update and replace statements in and portions of this prospectus or the above listed documents.

 

We will provide you without charge, upon your written or oral request, a copy of any of the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus, other than exhibits to such documents which are not specifically incorporated by reference into such documents. Please direct your written or telephone requests to:

 

Nexalin Technology, Inc.

1776 Yorktown, Suite 550

Houston, TX 77056

(832) 260-0222

 

Our reports and documents incorporated by reference herein may also be found in the “Investors” section of our website at www.nexalin.com. The content of our website and any information that is linked to or accessible from our website (other than our filings with the SEC that are incorporated by reference, as set forth under “Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference”) is not incorporated by reference into this prospectus or any applicable prospectus supplement and you should not consider it a part of this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement, or the registration statement.

 

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PART II

 

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

 

The following table sets forth the various expenses in connection with the registration of the securities offered hereby. We will bear all of these expenses. All amounts are estimated except for the SEC registration fee:

 

    Amount  
SEC registration fee   $ 7,655  
FINRA filing fee     8,000  
Legal fees and expenses     65,000  
Accounting fees and expenses     25,000  
Printing and related expenses     10,000  
Miscellaneous     10,000  
Total   $ 125,655  

 

Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

 

As permitted by Section 102 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, we have adopted provisions in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws that limit or eliminate the personal liability of our directors for a breach of their fiduciary duty of care as a director. The duty of care generally requires that, when acting on behalf of the corporation, directors exercise an informed business judgment based on all material information reasonably available to them. Consequently, a director will not be personally liable to us or our stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability for:

 

  any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders;

 

  any act or omission not in good faith or that involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;

 

  any act related to unlawful stock repurchases, redemptions or other distributions or payment of dividends; or

 

  any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

 

These limitations of liability do not affect the availability of equitable remedies such as injunctive relief or rescission. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation also authorizes us to indemnify our officers, directors and other agents to the fullest extent permitted under Delaware law.

 

As permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, our amended and restated bylaws provide that:

 

  we may indemnify our directors, officers and employees to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, subject to limited exceptions;

 

  we may advance expenses to our directors, officers and employees in connection with a legal proceeding to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, subject to limited exceptions; and

 

  the rights provided in our bylaws are not exclusive.

 

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Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, to be attached as Exhibit 3.2, and our amended and restated bylaws, to be attached as Exhibit 3.3, provide for the indemnification provisions described above and elsewhere herein. We have entered or will enter into, and intend to continue to enter, into separate indemnification agreements with our directors and officers that may be broader than the specific indemnification provisions contained in the Delaware General Corporation Law. These indemnification agreements generally require us, among other things, to indemnify our officers and directors against liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service as directors or officers, other than liabilities arising from willful misconduct. These indemnification agreements also generally require us to advance any expenses incurred by the directors or officers as a result of any proceeding against them as to which they could be indemnified. These indemnification provisions and the indemnification agreements may be sufficiently broad to permit indemnification of our officers and directors for liabilities, including reimbursement of expenses incurred, arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act.

 

We have purchased and currently intend to maintain insurance on behalf of each and every person who is or was a director or officer of our company against any loss arising from any claim asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, subject to certain exclusions.

 

In any underwriting agreement we enter into in connection with the sale of common stock being registered hereby, the underwriters will agree to indemnify, under certain conditions, us, our directors, our officers and persons who control us within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, against certain liabilities.

 

These indemnification provisions may be sufficiently broad to permit indemnification of our directors and officers for liabilities (including reimbursement of expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act.

 

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Item 16. Exhibits.

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

1.1**   Underwriting Agreement dated as of September 15, 2022 between the Registrant and Maxim Group LLC
1.2⸹⸹⸹⸹⸹ Equity Distribution Agreement between the Company and Maxim Group LLC
3.1*   Certificate of Incorporation, as amended and as currently in effect.
3.2*   Amended and Restated Bylaws
4.1*   Form of Specimen stock certificate evidencing shares of common stock
4.2***   Warrant Agreement between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer and Trust company as warrant agent dated as of September 16, 2022
4.3***   Form of Warrant Certificate (filed as part of Exhibit 4.2)
5.1⸹⸹⸹⸹⸹ Opinion of Warshaw Burstein, LLP relating to the base prospectus
5.2⸹⸹⸹⸹⸹ Opinion of Warshaw Burstein, LLP relating to the ATM prospectus
10.1*****   Joint Venture Agreement between the Company and Wider Come Limited dated as of May 31, 2023.
10.2*****   Employment Agreement between the Company and Mark White dated as of July 1, 2023.
10.3*****   Services Agreement between the Company and David Owens, M.D. dated as of July 1, 2023.
10.4*   Quality Assurance Agreement between the Company and Apical Instruments dated December 31, 2020.
10.5*   Advisor Agreement with Leonard Osser dated as of December 22,2021
10.6*   Advisor Agreement with Tucker Anderson dated as of December 24, 2021
10.7*   Advisor Agreement with Gian Domenico Trombetta dated December 24, 2021
10.8*   Employment Agreement between the Company and Marilyn Elson dated as of January 11, 2022
10.9*   Amendment and Deferral Agreement dated as of March 30, 2022 to Consulting Agreement between the Company and US Asian Consulting Group LLC
10.10*****   Employment Agreement between the Company and Michael Nketiah dated as of July 1, 2023.
10.11*   Form of Lock-Up Agreement.
10.12*   Consulting Agreement dated as of May 9, 2018 between the Company and US Asian Consulting Group, LLC, as amended on January 2, 1019 and March 4, 2021
10.13*   Amended and Restated Promissory Note in favor Mark White dated as of January 1, 2023
10.14*   Distribution Authorization Agreement dated as of May 1, 2019 with Wider Come Limited.
10.15******   Form of Lock-Up Agreement
10.16******   Form of Securities Purchase Agreement
10.17⸹   Placement Agency Agreement
10.18⸹⸹   Letter Agreement between the Company and Carolyn Shelton
10.19⸹⸹⸹   Supplier Quality Agreement dated as of December 20, 2024 between the Company and Velentium
19.1⸹⸹⸹⸹   Nexalin Technology, Inc. Insider Trading Policy
23.1⸹⸹⸹⸹⸹   Consent of Marcum LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.
23.2⸹⸹⸹⸹⸹   Consent of Warshaw Burstein, LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
97.1⸹⸹⸹⸹   Nexalin Technology, Inc. Compensation Recoupment Policy
107⸹⸹⸹⸹⸹   Filing Fees

 

 
* Previously filed as an exhibit to Form S-1 as declared effective by the SEC on September 15, 2022 (SEC File Number 333-261989).
** Previously filed as an exhibit to Form 8-K as filed with the SEC on September 20, 2022.
*** Previously filed as an exhibit to Form 8-K/A as filed with the SEC on September 20, 2022.
**** Previously filed as an exhibit to Form 10-Q as filed with the SEC on May 10, 2023.
***** Previously filed as an exhibit to Form 10-Q as filed with the SEC on August 10, 2023.
****** Previously filed as an exhibit to Form S-1/A as declared effective by the SEC on June 27, 2024 (SEC File Number 333-279684).
Previously filed as an exhibit to Form 8-K as filed with the SEC on July 3, 2024.
⸹⸹ Previously filed as an exhibit to Form 8-K as filed with the SEC on September 19, 2024.
⸹⸹⸹ Previously filed as an exhibit to Form S-1/A as filed with the SEC on January 30, 2025 (SEC File Number 333-283960).
⸹⸹⸹⸹ Previously filed as an exhibit to Form 10-K/A as filed with the SEC on April 15, 2025.
⸹⸹⸹⸹⸹ Filed as an exhibit to this Form S-3.

 

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Item 17. Undertakings.

 

(a) 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;

 

  (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 this 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 this registration statement or any material change to such information in this registration statement;

 

provided, however, that subparagraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of 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.

 

  (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:

 

  (i) Each prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and

 

  (ii) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.

 

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  (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 their 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.

 

(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby further undertakes that, for the purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the annual reports of the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement, if any, shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

(c) 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 under Item 15 of this registration statement, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission 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 such the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

(d) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that:

 

  (1) 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 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; and

 

  (2) For purposes 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 the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes to file an application for the purpose of determining the eligibility of the trustee to act under subsection (a) of Section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Commission under Section 305(b)(2) of the Act.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized on April 23, 2025.

 

  NEXALIN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
   
  By: /s/ Mark White
    Mark White
    President and Chief Executive Officer
(principal executive officer)

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Name   Position/Title   Date
         
/s/ Mark White   President and Chief Executive Officer   April 23, 2025
Mark White   (principal executive officer)    
         
/s/ David Owens   Director, Chief Medical Officer   April 23, 2025
David Owens, M.D.        
         
/s/ Leslie Bernhard   Chairman, Board of Directors   April 23, 2025
Leslie Bernhard        
         
/s/ Alan Kazden   Director   April 23, 2025
Alan Kazden        
         
/s/ Ben Hu   Director   April 23, 2025
Ben Hu, M.D        

 

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