Vicarious Surgical Announces Reverse Stock Split
Vicarious Surgical (NYSE: RBOT, RBOT WS) announced a 1-for-30 reverse stock split for its Class A and Class B common stock, effective June 12, 2024. This move aims to raise the company's share price to meet NYSE listing requirements. Post-split, Class A common stock will reduce from approximately 156.76 million to about 5.23 million shares, and Class B from 19.62 million to roughly 654,000 shares. Trading on a post-split basis begins on June 13, 2024, under the symbol 'RBOT'. The split will uniformly affect all stockholders without changing ownership percentages, except for fractional shares, which will be paid in cash. Warrants will also be adjusted, with the exercise price changing to $345 per share.
- The reverse stock split aims to increase the per-share trading price, helping the company comply with NYSE listing requirements.
- The number of Class A and Class B common stock shares will significantly reduce, potentially making the stock more attractive to investors.
- The reverse stock split will uniformly affect all stockholders, maintaining their percentage ownership in the company.
- Cash payments for fractional shares may result in minor inconveniences for some stockholders.
- The exercise price for warrants will increase to $345 per share, which may impact warrant holders negatively.
- The overall market perception of reverse stock splits can sometimes be negative, potentially affecting investor sentiment.
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The reverse stock split announced by Vicarious Surgical is a strategic move typically aimed at addressing compliance issues with stock exchange listing requirements, specifically regarding the minimum share price. A reverse split consolidates the number of existing shares into fewer, proportionally more valuable shares. In this case, Vicarious Surgical is implementing a 1-for-30 split, effectively increasing the share price while reducing the overall number of shares outstanding from approximately 156.8 million to approximately 5.2 million.
Investors should consider both the short-term and long-term effects of this move. Short-term, it might provide a boost to the stock price by making it more appealing to institutional investors who are often restricted from buying low-priced stocks. However, a reverse split can sometimes be seen as a sign that a company is struggling, potentially leading to a negative perception among retail investors.
Long-term effects depend largely on the company's performance and strategy. If Vicarious Surgical can leverage this move to successfully comply with NYSE’s listing requirements and subsequently demonstrate strong financials and growth potential, the split could be beneficial. However, if fundamental business issues persist, the stock could continue to face downward pressure.
For stakeholders, this move indicates a proactive approach by the management to maintain market credibility, though it doesn't change the underlying business challenges or prospects of the company.
The reverse stock split was approved by Vicarious Surgical’s shareholders at the Company’s annual shareholder meeting held on June 10, 2024, with the final ratio determined by the Company’s Board of Directors within the ratio range authorized by shareholders. The reverse split is primarily intended to increase the Company’s per share trading price and bring the Company into compliance with the New York Stock Exchange’s listing requirement regarding minimum share price.
The Company anticipates that the 1-for-30 reverse stock split will be effective as of 4:15 p.m. on June 12, 2024 and the Company's Class A common stock will open for trading through the New York Stock Exchange on a post-split basis on June 13, 2024 under the Company's existing trading symbol "RBOT". The new CUSIP number for the Class A common stock following the reverse stock split will be 92561V208. The Company’s publicly-traded warrants will continue to be traded under the symbol “RBOT WS" and the CUSIP identifier for the warrants will remain unchanged.
At the time of the reverse stock split, every 30 shares of the Company's common stock issued and outstanding will be combined into 1 share of common stock issued and outstanding, with no change to the par value of
No fractional shares will be issued in connection with the reverse stock split. Each stockholder who would otherwise be entitled to receive a fraction of a share of Vicarious Surgical’s common stock will be entitled to receive cash. All outstanding options, warrants, restricted stock units, and similar securities entitling their holders to receive or purchase shares of common stock will be adjusted as a result of the reverse stock split, as required by the terms of each security, and the number of shares of common stock available for issuance under the Company’s equity incentive plans will be adjusted in accordance with the terms of each plan.
Prior to the reverse stock split, the Company has outstanding (i) publicly issued warrants listed on the New York Stock Exchange to purchase a total of 17,248,601 shares of Class A common stock (the “public warrants”) and (ii) privately placed warrants to purchase a total of 10,400,000 shares of Class A common stock (the “private placement warrants” and, together with the public warrants, the “Warrants”), with each whole Warrant being exercisable to purchase one share of Class A common stock at
The reverse stock split will affect all stockholders uniformly and will not alter any stockholder’s percentage ownership interest in the Company, except for adjustments that may result from the treatment of fractional shares.
About Vicarious Surgical
Founded in 2014, Vicarious Surgical is a next generation robotics company, developing a unique disruptive technology with the multiple goals of substantially increasing the efficiency of surgical procedures, improving patient outcomes, and reducing healthcare costs. The Company’s novel surgical approach uses proprietary human-like surgical robots to virtually transport surgeons inside the patient to perform minimally invasive surgery. The Company is led by an experienced team of technologists, medical device professionals and physicians, and is backed by technology luminaries including Bill Gates, Vinod Khosla’s Khosla Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, Jerry Yang’s AME Cloud Ventures, Sun Hung Kai & Co. Ltd and Philip Liang’s E15 VC. The Company is headquartered in
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes “forward-looking statements'' within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The company’s actual results may differ from its expectations, estimates, and projections and, consequently, you should not rely on these forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained herein, including without limitation statements about the Company’s intention to regain compliance with the New York Stock Exchange’s listing requirement regarding minimum share price, among other things, are forward-looking statements that reflect the current beliefs and expectations of management. These forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Most of these factors are outside Vicarious Surgical’s control and are difficult to predict. Factors that may cause such differences include, but are not limited to: changes in applicable laws or regulations; the ability of Vicarious Surgical to raise financing in the future; the success, cost and timing of Vicarious Surgical’s product and service development activities; the potential attributes and benefits of Vicarious Surgical’s product candidates and services; Vicarious Surgical’s ability to obtain and maintain regulatory approval for the Vicarious System on the timeline it expects, and any related restrictions and limitations of any approved product; the size and duration of human clinical trials for the Vicarious Surgical; Vicarious Surgical’s ability to identify, in-license or acquire additional technology; Vicarious Surgical’s ability to maintain its existing license, manufacture, supply and distribution agreements and scale manufacturing of the Vicarious Surgical System and any future product candidates to commercial quantities; Vicarious Surgical’s ability to compete with other companies currently marketing or engaged in the development of products and services that Vicarious Surgical is currently marketing or developing, as well as with the use of open surgeries; the size and growth potential of the markets for Vicarious Surgical’s product candidates and services, and its ability to serve those markets, either alone or in partnership with others; the pricing of Vicarious Surgical’s product candidates and services and reimbursement for medical procedures conducted using its product candidates and services; the company’s ability to meet its estimates regarding expenses, revenue, capital requirements, cash runway and needs for additional financing; Vicarious Surgical’s financial performance; Vicarious Surgical’s intellectual property rights, its ability to protect or enforce these rights, and the impact on its business, results and financial condition if it is unsuccessful in doing so; economic downturns, political and market conditions and their potential to adversely affect Vicarious Surgical’s business, financial condition and results of operations; and other risks and uncertainties indicated from time to time in Vicarious Surgical’s filings with the SEC. Vicarious Surgical cautions that the foregoing list of factors is not exclusive. The company cautions readers not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. Vicarious Surgical does not undertake or accept any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect any change in its expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.
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Investor Contact
Kaitlyn Brosco
Vicarious Surgical
Kbrosco@vicarioussurgical.com
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Gilmartin Group
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