Item 4 — Purpose of Transaction
This Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is amended and supplemented as follows: As previously disclosed by the reporting persons in Amendment No. 7 to this Schedule 13D, MCM and the Company entered into a Convertible Note Purchase Agreement, dated April 20, 2026 (the "Convertible Note Purchase Agreement"), pursuant to which the Company has the right, but not the obligation, to cause MCM to purchase up to $50,000,000 in aggregate original principal amount of additional Convertible Senior Secured Notes (the "Additional Notes") to be issued under the Indenture during a period of one year following the date of the Convertible Note Purchase Agreement. Since April 20, 2026, the Company has caused MCM, on behalf of certain of the Reporting Persons, to purchase $15,000,000 in Additional Notes. On August 5, 2026, pursuant to a financing term sheet (the "Term Sheet") entered into among MCM, the Company and certain other parties thereto, MCM agreed in principle, subject to further negotiation and the execution of definitive agreements, to purchase the remaining $35,000,000 Additional Notes that have not been yet been purchased under the Convertible Note Purchase Agreement on the amended terms set forth in the Term Sheet. Additionally, MCM and the Company agreed to enter into a shareholder agreement (the "Shareholder Agreement") with respect to certain governance matters in connection with the closing of the purchase of the Additional Notes pursuant to the Term Sheet. The descriptions of the Term Sheet and Shareholder Agreement are incorporated by reference herein from Item 6 of this Amendment No. 8.